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Originally Posted by thatch
67c&ccorv,
Before I gave my answer to marthur I went through the process of mocking up the components involved. These parts are the idler gear, the water pump and the accessory drive unit. After carefully checking for any possibility of bolt interference it was obvious to me that Universal was very careful to make sure that a longer bolt than necessary could not contact the gears. After your post, I recreated my mock up but this time I used all thread and ran it in until it bottomed out on the housing on the opposite side. I'm sure you know the answer by now, no interference at all. I did find your post on this subject and I think if you look at the photo a little closer and visualize the position of the accessory drive gear, you will see how the bolts will clear.
Tom
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Thanks thatch - I never tried extending the bolt all the way. If, after your test you say it the bolt won't contact the idler/aux drive gears after running it through to the other side then I will believe it.
Just don't be bodgers!