Patent ID: 6161284
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: F01P,F02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of removing a rotary device from an internal combustion engine for service or replacement that is mounted in a crowded engine compartment of an automotive vehicle in which the rotary device has a housing releasably secured by screws to the block of the engine and including a drive shaft rotatably driven by an accessory belt driven pulley disposed adjacent to a component of the vehicle that blocks removal of the pulley in a direction toward the component, the pulley being drivingly connected to the drive shaft through the intermediary of a pulley hub releasably connected by hub connector screws to the side of the pulley comprising the steps of:a. removing the drive belt from operative engagement with the pulley,b. disconnecting the pulley from the pulley hub while it is mounted on said shaft,c. moving the disconnected pulley in a direction away from said component and over said pulley hub and onto the housing of said rotary device,d. accessing the screws holding the housing on the block of the internal combustion engine through the central opening the side of the pulley,e. removing the housing retainer screws,f. separating the rotary device housing with the pulley aboard from the block of the internal combustion engine, andg. moving the rotary device from the confined space of the engine compartment for replacement purposes.