cutting crank pulley

[allen]

Hi I'm changing car pulleys on a 8ba to a truck system with wide belts the problem i having is the crank spacer for car is on the crank and tightly sealed i don't want to remove ever thing and pull this, Has anyone ever cut the shaft on a truck pulley where the eccentric worm gear is and let it bump up against the car spacer thanks AL

 

[jetmek]

yes you can shorten the pulley but maybe try to find the correct pulley 1st? they did make those "2 piece" style as well

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

I did this once...as I remember the 1949 pulleys (those are the ones with the "spacer" integral) have a step exactly where the cut needs to be, so doing it right was easy.
I would still prefer to pull the spacer and have everything one piece.

 

[allen]

Thanks guys as always

 

[37fatfender]

You probably need one of these, I think they came off a truck.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

They went from integral to separate seal area around the 1950 model year for both wide and narrow style pulleys.