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ARIO98zx2
10-18-2010, 02:23 PM
Does anybody know if this is sufficient to make my belt walk and get shredded?

http://teamzx2.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13064&d=1286914015

this is about 1mm into the pulley. I've seen other pulleys in much worst condition, but I want
to double check if mine is ok before I go back to stock.
texaszx2
10-18-2010, 03:39 PM
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Mimino
10-18-2010, 04:21 PM
how many miles you put on this one? mine probably looks the same now lol
powder
10-18-2010, 04:44 PM
Looks like a bad timing belt tensioner or idler. I would say you could reuse it.
texaszx2
10-18-2010, 06:59 PM
I had just reinstalled my timing kit when I installed my powder pulley and my belt shredded as well :/
powder
10-18-2010, 07:44 PM
Well i can tell you that it's not the pulley's fault. I'm not just saying that because it's my pulley either, i'd say the same for any other pulley. If your timing belt is running true, which it's clear the OP's was NOT, per the marks on the pulley, then that will happen.
ARIO98zx2
10-18-2010, 07:47 PM
coolio, thanks for the info
powder
10-18-2010, 07:56 PM
Timing belt shouldn't touch the crank pulley... fyi.
Tygen1
10-19-2010, 09:46 AM
Just saw this issue with Fat Dave, it looked just like the picture. An idler pulley died, the belt walked into the Power Pulley and did the damage like what is pictured above. We took a chance and put it back on with a new timing kit and the belt shreded in just a couple hundred miles, maybe less. I would definatly not put it back on. For Fat Dave, we took off his two piece crank pulley, replaced it with a new one piece, then machined down the Power Pulley so we could use the backing plate from the two piece crank pulley. It seems to be working good so far.
Shadowen925
10-19-2010, 09:54 AM
I had the same issue with mine. I don't think I had as much wear, but my issue was just adjusting the tensioner.
dareall
10-19-2010, 09:58 AM
time for timing belt delete mod. Gear driven timing FTW
only S/R
10-19-2010, 10:47 AM
time for timing belt delete mod. Gear driven timing FTW

x2
david gettle
10-22-2010, 07:42 AM
time for timing belt delete mod. Gear driven timing FTW

If only there was one made for our cars.....

If enough people show up at All Ford Nationals in June we might convince Ford to make one....
texaszx2
10-22-2010, 08:55 AM
If only there was one made for our cars.....

If enough people show up at All Ford Nationals in June we might convince Ford to make one....

Or a group buy?
mikemacdonald88
11-18-2010, 10:01 PM
i had the same issues with my t-belt shredding happend Twice... the is a certain way to correctly tension it its like a 3 step process
FEZX2
12-31-2010, 07:46 AM
Or a group buy?

thats what i'm thinking if we could find a company willing to make a gear timming system for are car id pay for that
mellowness65
01-02-2011, 07:27 PM
If only there was one made for our cars.....

If enough people show up at All Ford Nationals in June we might convince Ford to make one....

lol good luck with that. It's gonna be hard enough just getting them to start making frims again
OP if you don't want that pulley anymore send me a pm
Georonimo
07-27-2011, 01:26 AM
Had the same thing happen to mine in about 10-15k miles. I had the belt a little on the tight side though.

Had the pulley cleaned up and a new face/insert milled up for it:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/Georonim0/escorts/IMG00002.jpg
Mimino
07-27-2011, 07:14 AM
if we put the washer from the 1st version of crank gear in between the udp and the gear, will the serp belt stay true? i'm getting one in the mail soon, and wanted to hear opinions (i know dougie did it).
Diesel
08-01-2011, 10:03 AM
no you would have to mill that much off of the pully to keep the belt inline