Hi Don , the shop that polished the pulley claimed he spent about 10 hours total on the pulley and because the pulley is made of cast magnesium it was a bitch . He charged me $ 160.00 . I was prepared to pay about $ 200.00 , so I'm happy . The outer ring of the pulley is steel and I'm going to try to keep it polished . If it starts to get out of control and rust , I will paint the flange on the outer ring black .
Tim , I run the lower belt guard but not the upper guard. Without that lower belt guard it's awful easy to pick up a stone or something and have it go around the pulley and with the belt that tight you know what would happen next . Dam , I guess now I'll have to the spacers chromed. If I was still working and had access to all that machinery I would make them out of 300 series stainless steel.