{"id":2373,"date":"2026-04-28T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:15:43","slug":"replacing-the-alternator-pulley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/replacing-the-alternator-pulley\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing the Alternator Pulley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003784.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2380\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9692-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9692-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9692-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9692-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9692-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9692-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admittedly I did not need to do this, but I wanted to add a billet alternator to the baja. I went with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbperformance.com\/product-p\/1931.htm\">CB Performance Pro Billet Kit<\/a> . It is an easy fix, or should be. Just remove the old alternator pulley, I started by spraying some WD-40 on it and use two pry bars to get the old one off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9693-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9693-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9693-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9693-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9693-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9693-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After I got the two sides of the pulley off I used this bearing puller to remove last piece of the old one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9694-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9694-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9694-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9694-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9694-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9694-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9695-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9695-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9695-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9695-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9695-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9695-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put some grease on the post and threads, then fit the new one on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9696.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2371\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I went with this one over the other CB model because it uses stock shims. You add shims to loosen the belt up and remove shims to make it tighter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2376\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking good if you ask me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003785-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003785-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003785-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003785-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003785-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L1003785-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbperformance.com\/product-p\/1931.htm\">CB Performance Pro Billet Pulley Kit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admittedly I did not need to do this, but I wanted to add a billet alternator to the baja. I went with a CB&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373\/revisions\/2382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}