Crank shaft pulley question

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eric4321
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Crank shaft pulley question

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Well after much research and debate I decided to do the power steering delete on my Cabby. I will be looping the line on the rack for now and if and when it gives out I found the coveted manuel rack "u joints" to do the full conversion. I have the alt, water pump and crank pulleys off a VW Fox to go to one belt. (My car is factory non a/c). When cheking the various. Crank pulleys I have I found that the 93 Cabby pulley weighs more than a mk2 pulley or Rabbit ones. The fox pulley has a weight of sorts on the front of it. All that to get to my queston which is do I need to use the heavy pulley original to my car or can I run a less heavey one from another VW? Does the heavy pulley act as a balencer of sorts?
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Re: Crank shaft pulley question

Post by Briano1234 »

The larger mk2 pulley is a harmonic balancer, that should of been balanced to the cars Crank, so I wouldn't think you would interchange it.
You could just leave the old pulley on there as a belt stop.
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