Gene Berg Pulley

[Nitty]

I'm trying to install a Gene Berg pulley, but tapping it on, it doesn't seem to want to go flush with the end of the crankhaft. It's about 3/16" shy. However, even so, it looks to be prett closely aligned with the generator pulley. Anyone know what's right? Thanks.

[Glenn]

The pulley doesn't fit flush with the end of the crank.
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[perrib]

Ditto

[EZGZ]

If you heat it up to around 200 degrees F it should slip on with little or no tapping if the engine is stone cold...... You don't have much time to dilly dally, Use winter gloves and move fast.

Berg pulleys are tight.
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[jeff denham]

they have alwasy fit tight thats what is nice about them.like the guys said above they dont fit flush. make sure you read your famoes gene berg instructions comes with every part dont ya know . jeff d.

[porker buzz]

are gene berg pulleys still made as been trying to find one for the last 2 years

[Glenn]

[Bus boy 89]

[vwracerdave]

Just because Berg has a current ad here on The Samba does not mean they have it in stock. I waited over a year for a power pulley sized equalizer.
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[stealth67vw]

[porker buzz]

sent over 10 emails to gene berg enterprises never get a reply glenn it was the equalizer 440a pully i was after

[henrym]

I've been trying to get one for almost two years. Allistar at Bergs keeps telling me they are waiting on the forgings, etc. Finally could not wait and went with one of Pat Downs own pulleys.
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[porker buzz]

do you have a picture of the pat downs pulley henrym they told me a year ago steel was to expensive and was going to make the next batch in stainless but still nothing is available

[John Connolly]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2698043

This is mine, but it's extremely rare and desirable for someone with a performance aircooled VW. I have 1, and can ship in a day or 2.
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[John Connolly]

Thanks Glenn! Riding a lot of mountain bikes and trying to scare myself without crashing too much. Nobody has hit me up for a burger yet either

[oprn]

What's the fascination with the Berg pulley? If it's so hard to come by, anyone with a lathe can turn up a weight. Bolt to a stock pulley then go get it balanced.

In fact if you have a lathe, turn up a pair of cones with a wee set of bearings on the end of the cone shaft and you have a high point balancer for your pulley. Open your vice, set the bearings on top the jaws, get a felt marker and away you go.
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[modok]

It's just a nice steel pulley.

Aluminum sucks, stamped steel works well but can get bent easily and hard to modify, iron works well but can be brittle, billet steel is the best.

Tho just imo, a good ductile iron pulley would be fine too.

Did empi stop selling steel pulleys?

I compared a berg and an empi, not much difference.

But berg was really tops in thier day.

[richparker]

I run the CB version on my bus motor. I have it paired with a 9.5x900mm belt, it works great and it’s in stock.

https://www.cbperformance.com/product-p/1905.htm
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