Who's thumb are you pushing with... mine or my three year old son's??? I wish there was a more definitive way to measure belt tension. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 mailto:info@fastforward.ca <mailto:info@fastforward.ca> http://www.fastforward.ca <http://www.fastforward.ca> Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 . Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions . Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation . European Lighting for most Volkswagen models
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of David Beierl Sent: January 20, 2002 4:46 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Alternator belt tension
At 07:45 PM 1/20/2002, Robie Pierce wrote: >'91 Carat - New belt by my mechanic. Squeals like hell at start up. He >claims most vanagons do. Can't he do better than that? At the dealer they'd say "ALL Vanagons do [insert obvious malfunction here]." Ah, at the Vanagon gatherings, I love the sound of massed belts squealing as everyone starts up for the parade.... In other words, no. >Claims if you over tighten you will be buying a >new water pump. That's true enough. Try tightening it to the spec (1 cm depression with your thumb on a brand-new belt, 1.5 cm if it's been used for more than five minutes) and see what happens... ref 27.21 david >Any belt better than another? I used to put belt -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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