Good call,Thats exactly what i did,Gives you just a tad more room to work with.This job is a pita :o .I wouldnt mind it if i was gaining some serious horse or something ,but for a belt .

Im having a hard time puttin the motor mount sleeve in

In a sclae of 1-10 ,10 being the the most important ,how important is the sleeve for the motor mount pin?

Very. The sleve absorbs the torque. Without it the stud will take the torque and wont for long. The short of it, the stud will break. I had to pull on the torque mount with one hand and position the sleve with the other. Once in I used the handle of the rachet to get the sleeve to line up. Dont leave the sleeve out.

Yeah, I forgot about the plug. Thats got to get disconected.

When I did my Pulley swap, I changed the belt 3 times. Once to take the stocker off, and put the Gatorback on. Then to take the gatorback off and order one smaller and put the stock one back on. Then to take the stocker back off and put the new gatorback on. It got easier everytime.

PUT THE SLEEVE IN!

Jay

Ive been trying to bang her in with a hammer amd screw driver from the top and bottom,she'* not budgin for some reason.what do you mean by pulling on the torque mount?

you have to get both hands in there, grab with one where the bolt went thru and pull toward you. With the other put the sleeve in as best you can. Once its in, you can move it to position. You dont have to pull hard, but once you do it will slide right in.

Jay

A GTP belt will be the same as the same Engine'd SSEi. Did you order the accessory belt?

They are different on an SSEi. The GTP takes a 66" belt, the SSEi a 72.5"

Jay

I ordered the sc belt and it turned out to be much shorter than my stock gm belt. I finished the job last night,OMG what a pita ,next time it will be much easier .but for your first time get ready to use a lot of cuss words . Much thanks for the help Karfreek

Any Time!