everything was fine with it, my teacher works at a shop and has a life of fixing cars n restoring cars, he said they both r fine

 

You could have overtightened it. I've done that. There's so much stress on the belt, it can't grip.

 

Correct Comatose!

ROAD/RACE

 

i'm going to buy a new alternator belt today. once finals are over this week i'll put it in and let you guys know if that solved the problem. i'm 99% sure that it will.

 

Mark,

Looks like I will be getting that pulley!!! Bonus from work So maybe I'll just treat myself to a pulley and another RRM toy . Not sure what though, maybe: Bored Throttle Body or Ported IM or Bored Fuel Rail or Springs ...Too much to choose from.

 

Good for you!

ROAD/RACE

 

let us know what you order! then i will make my small contribution to ship your pulley.

by the way, this is a little bit of info that i copied and pasted out of a PM i sent DJ. it should help out in this thread as well (DJ is going to get it added into the US Lancer Tension Spec thread to hopefully keep some guys from doing something to crack the generator housing). this is straight from the shop manual and is to be used as a back-up to RRM directions incase they were unclear in any way (who am i kidding their directions are amazing)

here is the info people will need for installing the RRM or RIPP crankshaft pulleys (i'm not so sure if the belt tension remains the same on an underdrive pulley but hypothetically this is OEM recommendation)

Belt Tensions (check with tension guage)
Alternator belt: When Checked - 88-132 lbs
During Adjustment - 99-121 lbs
During Replacement - 143-187 lbs

Drive Belt: When Checked - 88-132 lbs
During Adjustment - 99-121 lbs
During Replacement - 143-187 lbs

Pivot Bolt (alternator): 33+/-7 ft lbs
Generator Tension bolt: 17+/-1 ft lb
Tension Jam-Bolt: 17+/-1 ft lb

i hope that this will help some of you out in the future and/or anyone having trouble with belts after the install.

 

Thanks for contributing to the community!

ROAD/RACE

 

you're welcome. that's my job.

 

Well, otter and I finally got the pulley in I went out and bought a 25" breaker bar and some impact sockets. I hit the nut with my 240 ft-lb. impact wrench for a couple of minutes, otter (Rob) sprayed some penetration oil on it and we each had turn on the nut with the breaker bar. I went first and loosened it up for otter who broke it loose Putting the car in 5th gear and standing on the break kept the crank from moving and we also had to jack up the whole right side of the car a good 10-12 inches to have enough room for the bar but it worked

Holy crap that stock pulley is heavy! Here is my quick review of how the car feels now....

Great! You can feel the increase in low end power, something I've deperately needed since my exhaust was put in. Car revs up faster and is overall more fun to drive. A++ to RRM for making a great product. Now about the install instructions.....

RRM neglected to mention a bolt that needed to be loosened for removing of the power steering belt. I even called RRM this afternoon to make sure that their instructions were right and that only 1 bolt needed to be loosened and the guy that answered the phone told me, incorrectly, that it was just the one 14mm bolt facing the front of the car.

Well, neither otter or I agreed that that was the only bolt. There was way too much resistance in it for supposed loosening of the belt. Turns out we were right.

You need to first loosen the center 14mm bolt located in the dead center of the power steering belt tensioner pulley, the smaller pulley under the power steering pulley (the idle pulley). You just need to crack it loose, not remove it. After that, then you can loosen the 14mm bolt under the power steering pulley which faces the front of the car.

I'm not sure how or why RRM failed to add this bolt in the instructions, but now you all know and they can add it.

Overall, I love the pulley and again RRM has created a great product

 

and for auto guys?

 

I was thinking about that same thing...... not sure what the auto's have to do. I guess you'd have to get a freaking powerful (600 ft-lb) air impact wrench.

 

That'd be "put it in park (P) & hold the brake" .

 

Oh yeah.....duh

 

only had to loosen one bolt on mine Vasily snapped the head off of his though. just curious, can you post a picture for me? i only have one bolt on there to loosen. could be a finite difference between the 02's and 03's shop manual only shows one as well. please look into that. pictures, pictures, pictures. it would be useful information for those who haven't done the install yet!