Newbie and Ebay UDP question.

Mach · Post by **Mach** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:59 pm

Hey all,

I've been a lurker on neons.org for awhile then I found this awsome site. Its a great mass of knowledge for neons.

I own a 2002 manual base. I will post some pics of it later.

But now I have a quick question.

I picked up an ebay UDP and it seems the outer smaller pulley is to wide.

Our pulleys are 3 rib but the UDP outside pulley is made for a 4 rib belt. I could see this causing the belt to slip and be thrown.

Has anyone had this problem with these ebay special UDP's?

I tried search but no luck.

Mac

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:19 pm

As long as the ribs are the same spacing and width i don't think the extra rib will hurt. Just need to figure out if the belt needs to go to the inner three or the outer three. I would remove the oem one and check that the offsets are correct before installing. if the pulleys don't match the oem's (Standing on the crank part, pulleys up) I would send it back.
Edit: Welcome to 2GN!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:11 pm

I would be leery of the fact that it has a different belt width. It should work fine if the offset is correct. The biggest problem would be if the udp mis-aligned the belts to the accessories which would cause your belts to fray and/or been thrown off.

If the spacing is ok you should be able to run the 3 rib belt on the 4 rib pulley.

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