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Old 10-22-2010, 09:47 PM   #9 (permalink)
erice1984
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they pioneered these clutched alternator pulleys to reduce the load ont eh crankshaft because they had problems with crankshaft pulley bolts working loose and creating "wobble" and then getting out of time enough to grenade the engine.

Basically the rotational torques and engine decelerating faster than the alternator caused bad stuff to happen. Go physics.
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