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Originally Posted by elgyqc
While rebuilding my spare alternator...
https://986forum.com/forums/performance-technical-chat/87604-rebuilding-alternator.html
... I discovered that the pulley was seized (they are supposed to act like a ratchet, locked in one direction and freewheeling in the other).
So I verified the pulley on my base Boxster that I am selling... and found it was seized also. I bought 2 new pulleys, and installed one in the car. I have now started preparing my Boxster S for its Spring coming out (of storage) and checked the pully... also is seized. Good thing that I bought 2.
That makes 3 seized pulleys out of 3 that I have checked. I am curious to know what other's experience is. I might add that that the pulley on my friend Newart's Cayman also failed, it came apart while driving and threw the accessory belt off, leaving him stranded. |
I feel 1/3 of your pain (cuz I only had 1 boxster with a frozen overrunning clutch on the alternator and you have 3).
When I discovered it, it was because the bearings had also gone south, so the Easy Button was to replace the entire unit. That was after somewhere around 175k miles of year round driving in northwest NJ, so plenty of road salt, etc at play.