Can I put a old JDM caged for a 2000 on my 2001?
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Can I put a old JDM caged for a 2000 on my 2001?
I just bought an old JDM caged 2lb pulley off a guy through the mail.
It appears it was made for a '99-'00 Lightning with the 2 piece dampener, I have an '01 with the one piece molded hub, the threaded center section can't be removed.
Can I make it work? Is there a way to get the little black flange off the back of the JDM cage and just thread the bigger pulley on the stock hub?
It appears it was made for a '99-'00 Lightning with the 2 piece dampener, I have an '01 with the one piece molded hub, the threaded center section can't be removed.
Can I make it work? Is there a way to get the little black flange off the back of the JDM cage and just thread the bigger pulley on the stock hub?
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I couldn't get it to work. I got the stock pulley back on there, guess I'll have to buy a different one. This one was such a good deal too.
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I couldn't get it to work. I got the stock pulley back on there, guess I'll have to buy a different one. This one was such a good deal too.
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you can thread that flange off of there but it won't be easy. Once that flange is off, you should be able to thread it on to your truck. We are talking a ton of torque needed to remove it but you may get lucky putting the flange in a vice and hitting the allen head hole with an impact. Keep in mind the threads are reversed.
When I got my JDM pulley from them at FFW in Ennis (01), they actually removed my stock pulley from the cage assembly and installed the new 2# pulley on my factory cage. I am assuming this is how yours is (pulley installed on a factory hub assembly). I have heard horror stories of trying to remove the pulley from the hub assembly so don't even try it.
Good luck!
When I got my JDM pulley from them at FFW in Ennis (01), they actually removed my stock pulley from the cage assembly and installed the new 2# pulley on my factory cage. I am assuming this is how yours is (pulley installed on a factory hub assembly). I have heard horror stories of trying to remove the pulley from the hub assembly so don't even try it.
Good luck!
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Thanks man. It's been some fun trying to get it apart but once I broke the first hunk off the flange I knew I had to get it all the way off or be stuck with a $90 paperweight.
I've got a 600ft/lb impact and it was not even starting to loosen it. I went out and a got a 5ft steel pipe, bolted the flange down to a steel ramp, and drove up on the ramp to hold it still. Then I put the 14mm hex on a 18" breaker bar, applied the steel pipe cheater of doom, and broke that first hunk off the flange instantly.
I wound up cutting most of the way through the side of the flange's wall with a Dremel, and banging on the remaining flange edge till it all fell off.
Wish I would have thought of that sooner.
I've got a 600ft/lb impact and it was not even starting to loosen it. I went out and a got a 5ft steel pipe, bolted the flange down to a steel ramp, and drove up on the ramp to hold it still. Then I put the 14mm hex on a 18" breaker bar, applied the steel pipe cheater of doom, and broke that first hunk off the flange instantly.
I wound up cutting most of the way through the side of the flange's wall with a Dremel, and banging on the remaining flange edge till it all fell off.
Wish I would have thought of that sooner.