I spoke with AeroSport Power today about the alternator pulley misalignment. Since I’ve never adjusted the alternator since receiving the engine from them, it must have been misaligned from the beginning. They wanted me to check and make sure the flywheel tracked true, so I used a piece of stainless tubing against the back of the flywheel while rotating the prop. I also aligned the tubing to the tip of the prop and checked the blade-to-blade tracking. In both cases, everything looks perfect.
I tried taking pictures from a couple of angles to capture the misalignment, but the perspective of the camera makes it really hard to see.
In the end, I determined that the pulley is 3/32″ forward of the flywheel. After speaking with AeroSport again, they determined I’m going to have to shift the alternator back by adjusting the spacers in front of and behind the pivot shaft on the alternator.
Afterward, I decided to glue on the wing root fairing seals. I used 3M Super Weatherstrip Adhesive to glue these on.
