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Old 05-02-2014, 10:55 PM
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I've been thinking why that tab broke. By the way, the new part has a 997 number so Porsche knew there was a problem. My alternator doesn't have a clutch, just a normal pulley. Starting to think that the stress of a clutchless pulley caused this failure. The new part looks a bit beefier.
Old 05-03-2014, 01:17 AM
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Makes sense. With a plain pulley, the alternator gets extra stress whenever the engine slows down and slows down the alternator with it.



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