I checked to see if i had an alignment problem which i don't. so i gutted a stock pump and put it on the car. I talked with Lee at ASP and told him this was the 2ND one and i thought the problem was using a alum. bushing between the bolt and the bearing which are both steel. the bushing becomes egg shape very quickly,and i'm able to wiggle the pulley back and forth, which makes a loud bearing noise when the car is running. If you notice there is only a spacer that the bolt goes thru into the alum. block, there is no support to keep the bolt from flexing,i.e.(launch, shifting) except this spacer and the fact that its a grade 5 bolt. He agreed that if the spacer has too much play it would cause the bushing to eggout. It was then that he admitted that they don't make those spacers in house and didn't know if the tolerances are an issue. He was going to check those spacers and see if there is a problem, i guess they did. He refunded my money. I know that all of you who have ASP's didn't experience the problems i did, be thankfull. I'm wondering if having big power steering pulley,cobra waterpump pulley is causing excessive tension on the belt?
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