Hi all. New to this group and VW's. Just picked up an 71 1302s 1600 auto a couple of weeks ago and it didn't have a generator pulley, so I stuck one on to get me the 2 hours drive home. I noticed at the time the slot in the shaft for that circle locking thing was a bit sloppy. Drove home checking it every so often. Seemed to go sweet. Next day I noticed the pulley was rubbing on the generator housing so I tried to take the pulley nut off to put in some more spacers, but the shaft is turning and isn't locking onto the pulley so I can't lock it with a screw driver to undo the nut. Any ideas on how I can get it off? The guy who had it before me must have put the pulley on backwards cause it has rubbed the bolts on the generator and then the centre bit of the pulley broke and he lost half the bits. He didn't know the shaft drives the fan and just thought the battery would go flat so I'm lucky it ain't cooked I guess. I think he had the generator done and then stuck it in himself, with the pulley backwards. I hope he hasn't stuffed the bushes and that. I don't know if the circle locker thing has popped out somehow or if the centre of the pulley is broken again as it is hidden under the bell shaped bit. Thanks for any help.
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17 years ago