Trigger wheel

[Meatball]

I know this has been done before but the search is still down
Can anyone tell me can i leave off the splash guard at the rear of the assembly, mine looks like its got a welded weight on it? (4.6 serp)
The thickness of the trigger wheel is throwing the pully alignment out

[adyw]

Ben,
when I got mine fitted I had serious alignment issues when the wheel was fitted it through the balance out, When the car was started i got terible vibration through the steering wheel due to miss alignment. Eventually I had to get a new frount pully made, 5mm thinner, to keep the balance weight in the same place. However I think this is only an issue with 500's as there is more weight behind the front pulley than 400's. but I would keep all the orignal stuff on to stop any potential issues

[spend]

He's probably got the JE trigger wheel & you used a plain one, if so I suspect you may well end up confusing the hell out of each other..

[macdeb]

Ben,
Had the same problem. I left the splash guard thingy off because of miss-alignment and had the 'new' assembly balanced.

[Meatball]

Thanks for the replys,I looks like its a popular issue, is it worth taking a couple of mm off the trigger wheel and a couple off the rear guard? to save having the whole assembly re balanced as others have done?
Im also using a triggerwheels trigger wheel if thats any help?

[Meatball]

Simon says said:

and yes Ben i did at to relieve a little bit of the front cover near the bolt hole bosses to accommodate the CPS bkt.

I had to do this on mine too

[macdeb]

Costs about 20 quid for balancing also if you take a couple of mill' here and there wont that create a need for balancing anyway.

[Meatball]

macdeb said:

Costs about 20 quid for balancing also if you take a couple of mill' here and there wont that create a need for balancing anyway.

Ill look into it

Im surprised no ones mentioned the fact the plastic sensors only a few inchs above the exhaust, has anyone found this to be a problem?

[2Munkys]

Meatball said:

Im surprised no ones mentioned the fact the plastic sensors only a few inchs above the exhaust, has anyone found this to be a problem?

It did strike me as being potentially problematic but it's been fine. It wouldn't do any harm to wrap that bottom section of the 'Y' piece in a length of exhaust wrap though.

[lotusandy]

I used the trigger-wheels one, & had to do this to it to get it to fit.



Once all together it should look like this.



Hope these help.

Andy

[Pink_Floyd]

How easy was it to undo the crank bolt?

[rev-erend]

Pink_Floyd said:

How easy was it to undo the crank bolt?

They are FBT .. F'ing bloody tight.

[spend]

They're pussies compared to stretch head bolts

[Meatball]

lotusandy said:

I used the trigger-wheels one, & had to do this to it to get it to fit.



Once all together it should look like this.



Hope these help.

Andy

How much material did you remove?

[Meatball]

Pink_Floyd said:

How easy was it to undo the crank bolt?

Mine popped like a zit once i got the braker bar on it

[lotusandy]

Meatball said:

How much material did you remove?

I think I took 2mm off..

[Pink_Floyd]

lotusandy said:

Meatball said:

How much material did you remove?

I think I took 2mm off..

That would imply that the belt pulley is offset, does this not cause a problem for the belt.

[rev-erend]

spend said:

They're pussies compared to stretch head bolts

I'm a stud man ..

[Meatball]

Im going to send mine off to get the pulley and trigger wheel balanced without the shield. I dont think its worth the risk imo.

[VictorMeldrew]

Shouldn't the pulley be balanced with the crank?