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Grooved tensioner pulley needed

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YOUR RESEARCHGrooved tensioner pulley needed

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Run grooved belts

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All VR6 powered cars run grooved belts on flat pulleys on the water pump and power steering pump.
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Run on flat pulleys

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It's perfectly fine, grooved belts run on flat pulleys on all sorts of cars.
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All VR6 powered cars run grooved belts on flat pulleys on the water pump and power steering pump.
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Run on flat pulleys

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It's perfectly fine, grooved belts run on flat pulleys on all sorts of cars.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I have removed the AC, installed an RSS pulley and will soon remove the power steering pump. I�m putting in a true manual steering rack. So I am following LN Engineering�s advice as seen on their website for re-routing a shorter belt when you install electric power steering. the picture they have on their site shows a shorter belt with the tensioner pulley before the crank on the push side. So the grooves in the belt are riding on a smooth tensioner pulley. I don�t trust this. Does anyone know of a grooved pulley that will fit on the tensioner for the M96 engine?

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It's perfectly fine, grooved belts run on flat pulleys on all sorts of cars. My Cayenne runs a grooved belt on a flat pulley on the water pump and idler. All VR6 powered cars run grooved belts on flat pulleys on the water pump and power steering pump.

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I got it, I also posted this question on FB and a lot of guys including Flat Six Innovations chimed in and said basically the same thing so I�ll call it good.

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