I want to clear some things up.

First of all I posted the pictures and my little story about my lower pulley install because 1) I am the only owner of an 01 to do it himself and I wanted people to understand why. 2) To show people actual pictures of what it looks like and what is involved in the install, (not actual procedures lightning lisa, that is for the manufacturer to give you not me) 3) to quell the rumors about JDM running off with peoples money and crap like that. JDM wants to put out a quality product that can be installed by anyone and that is what they are working towards, and my install is just one small step in that process...

I repeat. "they could have just shipped them all out and said here you go, good luck" but they didnt. where would you all be if that was the case??.. more pissed off then some of you already are...

Lighting Lisa has some good points, but the conclusions she is drawing about my post are totally wrong.. I would love to help people out in Maryland and the surrounding areas that are not willing to go to JDM to have theirs installed and I have been given permission to do so, and no I wont do it for free.. Do you do your job for free??

Some of the responses are the exact reason why I was reluctant to post this in the first place.. I should have let some of you wallow in freakish misery for a little longer, but I thought I might be of some help.... Oh well.. JJ

 

wait a sec. I put my 01 PSP pulley on myself, took me about 1.5 hours in the driveway about 1 1/2 months ago tools need all came with the pulley except for a 3/8 allen head socket it was really easy to do with the directions that sal sent.

(kevin)

JJ's Whitelight I'am really trying not to blast you ,but it's hard when you post the title of your thread "JDM lower pulley install 01 only" and after all the nonsense and all YOUR OWN REPLYS I still dont know what it takes to install the JDM lower pulley for the 01
why is that so hard ??????
Is it top secret??????
I think alot of the 01 owners would like to know if it's as hard as you make it sound?????
And I might be woring on this but I have'nt seen anything on this posted on the SVT site why is that ????( there are alot of Lightning owners that DO NOT read this borad but read the SVT borad.

 

The reason he said 01 only is because you have to sand/grind a little material from the 01 cage, and you dont have to do that on the 99 and 00 ones. If i'm wrong JJ, correct me. By the way it was good meeting you the other day in Va, i was the other guy with the white 01.

 

I don't know what all the confusion is all about. I think I unerstand what JJ is telling the 01 owners like myself.

When Jim first designed his pully there were no 01's out so the pully is made to fit a 99 or a 2000. So if you have a 99-00 it will be a perfect fit on the cage.

To fit a 2001 there is a little modification that has to be done to the cage, due to the redesign of the cage for 2001.

JJ thanks for the post, I know what I want to do, buy a extra cage modify it, so if I want to make it stock again I can just put the origional pully back on. YAAAAAAAAAA

 

Ok, so finally somebody answered the question why the install is any different on the 01s than on the 99-00s. But this still doesn't make sense, because the stock 01 pulley/cage assembly is not different than the 99-00s. I've compared them side by side, and not only are they the same dimensions, but they have the same part numbers. This is why I originally asked why it was posted that there was a difference.

 

Sal well maybee they all have to be modified for his pully.

 

You guys get me rolling sometimes. Why does it matter that he posted this and why is everyone making a deal over it. It is some helpful information for people with "2001's" and JDM Pulley. Thanks JJ, if I decide to mod the beast this could come in handy.

It is lightning specific and in the right forum and nothing wrong with it.

 

Im not going to quote your whole dealings blah blah...

Bottom line is why bash someone over things contreversial such as that your 1 in 100 people that have a problem. I have heard of people by word of mouth telling me they have had same problems with PSP and such, do I post these things here, no. Sal, since your reading this, and you took NLOC back over how come when Totaled came in second place he only got 50$ when it should have been 100$?

--Mike

 

If you looked at my pictures in my album, there were two of them that showed the cage before nub removal, (the little nubs that are designed to hold the stock pulley on like a crimp) and after nub removal.. that is the modification involved, and you have to get it right the first time. also you have to press the new pulley on to a certain measurement. 050 from the top of the bearing race to the top of the cage part that you removed.. Does everybody have the ability to measure .050 on the inside of a bearing and cage assembly?? This is a critical measurement and it allows you to leave enough room for when you tighten the new pulley it will put it just right where it needs to be.. ..

Lisa Lightning, or Kevin.. I am the first to install a JDM pulley on a 01 lightning... didnt you get that?? . this one in particular.. not another brand...

Thanks Twiztid and L strikes and 2fast4U, atleast some of you get what I am trying to say.. I wasnt trying to post an actual method of installation, sorry if some of you thought so. And I didnt because you shouldnt try to tackle this installation without knowing what you are doing in the first place....
I hope THIS helps

 

No? you just did.



***no flame intended***

 

Are we there yet?

 

twiztid
First off I didnt bash him I was posting my experience with him just like JJ's Whitelight was doing. Like I said in my post I gave him the benifit of the doubt and ordered from him then I said how I get charged that day for something and dont see it till MONTHS LATER. So what you are saying its alright to post about a tuner when you have a good experience with them but when I had a bad experience with him I post about it but thats not alright. Im sorry but if im ordering something for my truck or anything I want to hear the pros and cons from where I am ordering something. I mean come on we arent talking like 10 dollar things here. And as for 1 out of 100 with a complaint go read the pullie post that have been going on for 7 plus months over at svtperformance that say pullies will be shipped this date but then it says that date has came and went and nothing. I never meant by posting what I posted to start anything I was just doing like JJ was by posting my experience with JDM.

JJ's Whitelight
You Said "I repeat. "they could have just shipped them all out and said here you go, good luck" but they didnt. where would you all be if that was the case??.. more pissed off then some of you already are... " But you dont get the point everyone that was involved with these pullies werent pissed about the waiting it was the fact that they got charged for something that they didnt see for months. I wouldnt care that I had to wait 3 months for the TB but thats bad business from anyone to charge someone for something that they didnt even ship yet. I mean would you go to Burger King and pay for a hamburger today when you are hungry and not get it until next month I dont think so.

Bottom line is all I did is posted the truth about the service I got so sorry if no one here agrees with my post but I was just doing what JJ was and posting my experience with with a tuner.

Vin

 

I thought this was done, but obviously it is not. JJ, I really feel for ya man, ya can't write a thread about your experiences and problems you had with a JDM pulley without people turning it into a **** showing contest. I will tell everyone now that JDM was my third choice for a tuner because of the none response I got from others. I am not gonna turn this into WWIII. It has all been said before.

When you have a new product out and you want to stir attention to that product you have to take orders and money to make it happen. Machine shops and anyone who is making something in bulk wants to know if the money is there to make the parts because the machine shop is not going to take a loss on the materials and time, that is why you were charged right away. I know that JDM had problems with the first machine shop to come through with the pulleys. They said something like they were having trouble with machines and other legistical bull***** that is out of JDM's hands. Picking everything up and moving is a pain in the a$$, money being refunded and pulling out of the initial deal. I have done this a dozen times with companies who make stuff for me. I completely understand everybodys frustration because it is just in our nature to be pissed for waiting seven months. I am also still waiting for my pulley and yes, JDM is going to install it, for other reasons I will not disclose. I want this mud slinging to stop because all JJ was doing was trying to give info on his experience with the pulley, and YES, Jim did tell him he could help with other installs to take the burden off him. You would think this was a 4x4 forum with the mud flying .

Like in my previous reply, We are all working for the same goal, TO GO FAST!!!!

Make LOVE not WAR

 

I'm sure glad every company doesn't take their R&D money up front because we'd all be broke with nothing to show for it.

New 2004 Ford Lightning. 450hp, 550lbs torque.

Please make checks payble to FOMOCO for $36,000. You can take delivery in one year.

 

What I was getting at was a SMALL COMPANY will only take a bulk # of orders to start producing, if not, they will lose a lot of money. I will give all of you that are kinda lost an example. We rented out a small circle track a couple years back for a dirk track T&T and trophy race. The track CEO told us that we had to have a minimum of 50 cars willing to pay and participate before they would let us have the track for the day. The same thing is done for making custom made equipment or parts. A HUGE company like FOMOCO knows they will get somekind of profit when making vehicles. That is like comparing apples to oranges.