Thanks for the review. I was actually looking at these and the March set-ups. Will definitely take your review into consideration before purchasing.
CVF Racing alternator bracket review
Last March I purchased the high mount CVF alternator bracket, water pump pulley, and crank pulley.
I finally got around to installing it and am a bit disappointed. I read quite a few positive reviews so I'm a bit confused.
The pulleys are great. Nice machine work and finish. The bracket has some issues.
The instructions should definitely indicate the lower bolt that is removed from the water pump to mount the bracket goes into the coolant. Quite an unexpected mess when coolant poured out. I'm not sure why they would use that bolt when there is a threaded hole right below it that would work perfectly with no leaks. Because they use the bolt into the coolant along with an aluminum spacer the potential for a coolant leak there seems significant.
Additionally, the two Allen head 5.5" x 5/16 bolts are a little too short for my comfort. They BARLEY grab a few threads at best. The pic below is with the bolt just pushed in and not threaded at all and you can see it's almost fully seated. Because of their length I had to special order two longer Allen head bolts.
Simply using the adjacent threaded hole (circled in red) and providing proper length bolts would take my review from poor to excellent. There may be a reason that isn't used maybe other accessories usually mounted to it. Admittedly I do not know.
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I finally got around to installing it and am a bit disappointed. I read quite a few positive reviews so I'm a bit confused.
The pulleys are great. Nice machine work and finish. The bracket has some issues.
The instructions should definitely indicate the lower bolt that is removed from the water pump to mount the bracket goes into the coolant. Quite an unexpected mess when coolant poured out. I'm not sure why they would use that bolt when there is a threaded hole right below it that would work perfectly with no leaks. Because they use the bolt into the coolant along with an aluminum spacer the potential for a coolant leak there seems significant.
Additionally, the two Allen head 5.5" x 5/16 bolts are a little too short for my comfort. They BARLEY grab a few threads at best. The pic below is with the bolt just pushed in and not threaded at all and you can see it's almost fully seated. Because of their length I had to special order two longer Allen head bolts.
Simply using the adjacent threaded hole (circled in red) and providing proper length bolts would take my review from poor to excellent. There may be a reason that isn't used maybe other accessories usually mounted to it. Admittedly I do not know.
