For $400 you could get a lathe at Harbor freight and turn your own
pulleys.. I make my own pulleys from blocks of aluminum.
Head to the shop (with a beer) turn on the radio and start cutting.
jg
On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 11:33 -0600, Kirk Lacewell wrote:
> I'm trying to cpmplete a KR-2S started by someone else and have run into a
> stumbling block.
>
> The Suburu engine runs the generator through a belt drive. There is a second,
> smaller pulley mounted flush with the generator drive pulley which drives the
> vacuum pump.
>
> This system seems to work, except that the guy who started the plane ground
> the center of the pulleys down so far that they wobble terribly.
>
> I need to replace the two pulleys and can not find anything to replace them
> with.
>
> My first question is: Does anyone know where I can get pulleys like this?
> They both should have 15mm inner diameter. One is 60mm OD and the other is
> 100mm OD.
>
> Second question: Does anyone have a suggestion for a better system to drive
> my generator and vacuum pump?
>
> I have a quote from a local machine shop to custom fabricate a dual pulley
> assembly for me for $400, but I'm hoping to avoid that option.
>
> Thanks,
> Kirk Lacewell
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