I use one of these.http://www.amazon.com/Krikit-V-Belt-Tension-Gauge-91107/dp/B000AOEJOE YMMV > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:13:39 -0700 > From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM > Subject: V-Belt tightness -- how to determine? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Something I've never understood about tightening the belt. Instructions > usually say something like: > > "Be careful not to get the belts too tight. You should have > slight (1/8" - 1/4") deflection in the belts after they are adjusted. > This of course depends on the length of the belt." > > <http://www.vanagonauts.com/printable.phtml?&catid=215> > > How much pressure do you put behind your thumb when testing? I can > deflect the belt anywhere from not much to a lot more by pressing harder! > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > Bend, Ore. > 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. > 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in > San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia. > > Sent from my kitchen. |
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