Hey everyone,
A little background on myself. I live in the midwest and have had quite a few different boats with outboards and just purchased my first I/O. 3.0 omc cobra powered forester that someone blew the belt on and didn't want to fix. That is where I come in. I like to tinker and decided to try an I/O out. So, I took the hard way in fixing and not buying a manual and used much of the useful info on this site for finding a belt replacement and how to replace instead. I have to say it was not an easy task but was successful. Lots of good info on this site. Here is where my question starts. I mounted the belt and set the tension but I notice the the altinator and the top pulley which I believe is the water pump have the v-groove lining up really well. Now the lower pulley has what looks like a rubber ring mounted behind it. Is that the harmonic balancer I read about? Also, the lower puller which I think is on the crankshaft does not line up with the other 2 v-pulleys very well. Looks like almost a whole groove width off. Is that normal for it to run slightly angled like that? Or, do I have to flip the lower pulley over if possible. Any help would be much appreciated as I am very close to firing this thing up for the first time. Looking forward to a nice cruise on the lake before it gets too cold. Thanks in advance.
A little background on myself. I live in the midwest and have had quite a few different boats with outboards and just purchased my first I/O. 3.0 omc cobra powered forester that someone blew the belt on and didn't want to fix. That is where I come in. I like to tinker and decided to try an I/O out. So, I took the hard way in fixing and not buying a manual and used much of the useful info on this site for finding a belt replacement and how to replace instead. I have to say it was not an easy task but was successful. Lots of good info on this site. Here is where my question starts. I mounted the belt and set the tension but I notice the the altinator and the top pulley which I believe is the water pump have the v-groove lining up really well. Now the lower pulley has what looks like a rubber ring mounted behind it. Is that the harmonic balancer I read about? Also, the lower puller which I think is on the crankshaft does not line up with the other 2 v-pulleys very well. Looks like almost a whole groove width off. Is that normal for it to run slightly angled like that? Or, do I have to flip the lower pulley over if possible. Any help would be much appreciated as I am very close to firing this thing up for the first time. Looking forward to a nice cruise on the lake before it gets too cold. Thanks in advance.
