Can I adjust the WP Pulley? - Ford Explorer Ranger Enthusiasts "Serious Explorations"®

GotA94for600 · 10-31-2009, 03:43 AM

I just replaced the belt, and now there are some bad sounds, whoshing and "churing". Looking at the belt its off at the Water Pump by about a 1/4" twords the front , So can the pully be adjust ? or can anything elce be adjusted to get it back in wack.

Thanks.

*Blacksheep Josh* · 10-31-2009, 08:09 AM

The belt is on correctly everywhere else? Just not the water pump?

GotA94for600 · 10-31-2009, 02:47 PM

Yes its on right. Or could it be backwerd. Then again it could be that all the other pullys are out of wack.

*marragtop* · 10-31-2009, 11:18 PM

Did you have a problem before you changed the belt? Take the belt back off and check the idler pulley.

GotA94for600 · 11-02-2009, 10:56 PM

Yeah, no problems like this befor. Even taking off and putting back on the belt had no effect(x2). After doing that I noticed that the belt was out of wack on two of the pullys, the water pump and the crank shaft. The belt is off the both of them about the same, 1/4".

*marragtop* · 11-03-2009, 05:40 AM

Are you sure you have the correct belt, and did you follow the diagram under the hood?

GotA94for600 · 11-03-2009, 02:08 PM

Yes, and yes.

GotA94for600 · 11-04-2009, 07:18 PM

Can I adjust the pullys? and if so how?

**Maniak** · 11-04-2009, 07:59 PM

Short answer is no.. The water pump pulley is just bolted on. In "theory" you "could" use washers as spacers to pull the pump out some, but you should never need to do that. Something else must be wrong.

~Mark

GotA94for600 · 11-05-2009, 12:30 AM

Ah, so I shouln't have to. Well I'm gonna go with that cus I have to drain my radiator at some point soon.

Thanks.

10-31-2009, 03:43 AM	#1
GotA94for600 Wannabe Elite Explorer Boston 94 Explorer V6, Auto Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24 Vehicle Specs	Can I adjust the WP Pulley? I just replaced the belt, and now there are some bad sounds, whoshing and "churing". Looking at the belt its off at the Water Pump by about a 1/4" twords the front , So can the pully be adjust ? or can anything elce be adjusted to get it back in wack. Thanks. __________________ Le Bon La Brute Le truand.

10-31-2009, 08:09 AM	#2
Blacksheep Josh Slinky+Escalator=Fun Statesboro, GA 1993 Ford Explorer XLT Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,156 Vehicle Specs	The belt is on correctly everywhere else? Just not the water pump? __________________ "Thunder" Registry Ask me about replacing your stock subwoofer. See what I have to say.

10-31-2009, 02:47 PM	#3
GotA94for600 Wannabe Elite Explorer Boston 94 Explorer V6, Auto Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24 Vehicle Specs	Yes its on right. Or could it be backwerd. Then again it could be that all the other pullys are out of wack. __________________ Le Bon La Brute Le truand.

10-31-2009, 11:18 PM	#4
marragtop Elite Explorer balt, md 91 xlt, 92 xlt, 95 xlt Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,844 Vehicle Specs	Did you have a problem before you changed the belt? Take the belt back off and check the idler pulley. __________________ '88 F150 4x4 '91 Explorer XLT 4x4 '92 Explorer XLT 4x4 '95 Explorer XLT 4x4 If it don't = 16 (4x4), it ain't worth driving...

11-02-2009, 10:56 PM	#5
GotA94for600 Wannabe Elite Explorer Boston 94 Explorer V6, Auto Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24 Vehicle Specs	Yeah, no problems like this befor. Even taking off and putting back on the belt had no effect(x2). After doing that I noticed that the belt was out of wack on two of the pullys, the water pump and the crank shaft. The belt is off the both of them about the same, 1/4". __________________ Le Bon La Brute Le truand.

11-03-2009, 05:40 AM	#6
marragtop Elite Explorer balt, md 91 xlt, 92 xlt, 95 xlt Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,844 Vehicle Specs	Are you sure you have the correct belt, and did you follow the diagram under the hood? __________________ '88 F150 4x4 '91 Explorer XLT 4x4 '92 Explorer XLT 4x4 '95 Explorer XLT 4x4 If it don't = 16 (4x4), it ain't worth driving...

11-03-2009, 02:08 PM	#7
GotA94for600 Wannabe Elite Explorer Boston 94 Explorer V6, Auto Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24 Vehicle Specs	Yes, and yes. __________________ Le Bon La Brute Le truand.

11-04-2009, 07:18 PM	#8
GotA94for600 Wannabe Elite Explorer Boston 94 Explorer V6, Auto Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24 Vehicle Specs	Can I adjust the pullys? and if so how? __________________ Le Bon La Brute Le truand.

11-04-2009, 07:59 PM	#9
Maniak Moderator-Stock 91-94 Vail, Arizona 1992 XLT 4x4 Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 6,473 Vehicle Specs	Short answer is no.. The water pump pulley is just bolted on. In "theory" you "could" use washers as spacers to pull the pump out some, but you should never need to do that. Something else must be wrong. ~Mark __________________ Click HERE to see our Explorer Specs Get your Serious Explorations Explorer4x4, Explorerforum and ExplorerSportruck T-shirt

11-05-2009, 12:30 AM	#10
GotA94for600 Wannabe Elite Explorer Boston 94 Explorer V6, Auto Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24 Vehicle Specs	Ah, so I shouln't have to. Well I'm gonna go with that cus I have to drain my radiator at some point soon. Thanks. __________________ Le Bon La Brute Le truand.