Hi All,
Whilst you lads have been busy munching turkey, I've finally begun bolting some fruit onto this engine of mine. I have an IO-360M1B from Van's with the standard issue Plane Power 60A alternator. Today I installed the Hartzell BA propeller, and even quietly congratulated myself for remembering to place the alternator belt over the crank before I began the installation. Once the prop was on I then tried to install the alternator belt on the pulley, but with the alternator pivoted to the slack position (all the way up) the alternator butts up against the oil line for the propeller before there is enough allowance to get the belt on. I thought maybe I could remove the large pivot bolt from the alternator so I could get the belt into position, however it looks like this will conflict with the starter ring gear on its way out.
I'm getting the feeling that I'm going to have to take this propeller off, install the belt on the ring gear and alternator pulley, then re-install the propeller. Is there something blindingly obvious that I am missing, or is this alternator belt installation really this nuts?
Tom.
RV-7
Whilst you lads have been busy munching turkey, I've finally begun bolting some fruit onto this engine of mine. I have an IO-360M1B from Van's with the standard issue Plane Power 60A alternator. Today I installed the Hartzell BA propeller, and even quietly congratulated myself for remembering to place the alternator belt over the crank before I began the installation. Once the prop was on I then tried to install the alternator belt on the pulley, but with the alternator pivoted to the slack position (all the way up) the alternator butts up against the oil line for the propeller before there is enough allowance to get the belt on. I thought maybe I could remove the large pivot bolt from the alternator so I could get the belt into position, however it looks like this will conflict with the starter ring gear on its way out.
I'm getting the feeling that I'm going to have to take this propeller off, install the belt on the ring gear and alternator pulley, then re-install the propeller. Is there something blindingly obvious that I am missing, or is this alternator belt installation really this nuts?
Tom.
RV-7