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Worth the effort
A worthwhile mod, especially for HWY miles or lighter vehicles. After I pulled the pump, the belt was able to re-route and let me also delete an idler pulley. No huge friction losses there, but it still felt good to throw that thing over the fence. IIRC, had to locate a dremel tool and grind away a bit of the aluminum timing cover [1st gen saturn dohc] to allow for the new path of the belt. Took some trial and error to find the correct length serpentine belt to get acceptable tension with the reworked geometry. Has held together with no weird belt wear for at least 35k mi.
Still to do: find a better option for fluid reservior or a manual rack out of the junkyard, ATM original PS hoses tee onto a length of hose with a vent on the end to keep dirt out.
Best of luck -
M.David
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