Yes they eat springs and shocks rapidly without the clutch. That is why it was added. It wont make the motor more efficient at all.
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 1:29 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > And that flapping belt transmits the force of those pulses to the power > steering pump and the AC compressor. The very expensive dual-circuit power > steering pump on my '95 E300 developed a crack in the aluminum mount and > also was leaking from the shaft seal at a mere 250k miles, I suspect that > component as well as the serpentine belt tension device / shock / spring > will all last longer with the OAP clutched pulley. > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 3:24 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > It balances out the impulses from the engine and the inertia of the > > alternator. > > Theres a video on YouTube somewhere that highlights why the pulley is > > useful, without an overrunning pulley the belt flaps all over the place, > > with the overrunning pulley its much smoother. > > -Curt > > > > On Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 3:16:11 PM EST, Randy Bennell via > > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > So remind me . . . what is the purpose of the free wheeling pulley on > > the alternator? > > > > RB > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
