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This little project was by no means a complicated task nor does it require actual skill :) If you have some Santana pulleys laying around you may want to use them again. 

Time it took - 1 hour of actual labor with 2 days of wait time
Tools I used - 1 can of Carb cleaner, 1 plastic dash tool, a pick tool, mother's powerball, red loctite,
Parts I used - 1 Gene Berg Degree ring (Berg bought the rights to Santana's design
Total Cost - $22 give or take

This is how it looked prior

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o319/s1368324/C328FA30-365A-4722-A6B1-7F4D6FDF5177_zpspc34iula.jpg) (http://s123.photobucket.com/user/s1368324/media/C328FA30-365A-4722-A6B1-7F4D6FDF5177_zpspc34iula.jpg.html)

I soaked it in Carb cleaner for 2 days (making sure to mark with a tiny scratch where TDC was) and then used the pick to gently pry up the old ring. After removing it there was still some adhesive left.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o319/s1368324/8BEE7B7B-6146-4F22-9021-8B995BFC28BE_zpsban5zzcf.jpg) (http://s123.photobucket.com/user/s1368324/media/8BEE7B7B-6146-4F22-9021-8B995BFC28BE_zpsban5zzcf.jpg.html)

My handy dash tool came into play here making it easy to remove that old residue without too much hassle and without damaging the pulley.
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o319/s1368324/A727C81F-D17A-444A-B4D9-65735D51DD84_zpsvbbqcdnw.jpg) (http://s123.photobucket.com/user/s1368324/media/A727C81F-D17A-444A-B4D9-65735D51DD84_zpsvbbqcdnw.jpg.html)

I then went over the pulley several times with my powerball and some Mother's Polish (you can't tell from this picture because my ancient iphone camera sucks)

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o319/s1368324/E9A7475E-D51D-48A4-89E3-647AB430202F_zpsnpuy5wep.jpg) (http://s123.photobucket.com/user/s1368324/media/E9A7475E-D51D-48A4-89E3-647AB430202F_zpsnpuy5wep.jpg.html)

I then used very little loctite and spread it evenly around the pulley and then applied my Berg ring. I found that a paint can is the exact same size as a stock pulley and then used it to apply even pressure around the pulley.

For $22, I have a really nice old school pulley and don't have to settle for an inferior pulley. Here are the results. They aren't perfect but I'm pleased :)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o319/s1368324/38C8F450-D3F5-4669-9A49-039FA3C4F9E7_zpsyylspuka.jpg) (http://s123.photobucket.com/user/s1368324/media/38C8F450-D3F5-4669-9A49-039FA3C4F9E7_zpsyylspuka.jpg.html)

Nice job. I'd been thinking of this when I'd found a minty unused one for cheap. I'll pick up the next one i find and try it.

Like I said, nothing ground breaking here but it's nice to know Berg offers replacement rings and you'll have a much higher quality pulley than an empi, scat or bugpack