"uniquemachine" <uniquemachine@air1.net> wrote:
> When you tighten up the pulley, and you think it is tight, is it
> really, or is it just pinched?
The belt isn't just getting loose; the pulley halves actually rotate
with respect to each other. I verified that by making some matchmarks
with a felt pen last time. Once it loosens up, I can take up the slack
in the belt by turning the pulley halves by hand, and I don't think
the pinching bolts were loose. Of course, I still need a pair of big
wrenches to properly tighten the belt after the slack is gone. I don't
have the special compressor pulley wrench yet, but I've managed to get
the bet tight enough (until the pulley slips again) with big ol'
channel-lock pliers.
JJ&A <w7ls@blarg.net> wrote:
> The belt I used is a NAPA cross number, as listed on one of the M35
> pages. It is too short. Being too short, the pulley halves have to
> be screwed apart very far. This does two things. First, the clamping
> action doesn't work very well. The metal distortion due to
> tightening the bolts doesn't grab against the hub part. Second, the
> belt is orbiting so close in to the axis that only a portion of the
> belt is actually catching on the pulley faces. Check to see if you
> see uniform coloring on the sides of the belt.
I'll look into that next time I work on my truck. If it looks like
that's my problem, maybe I'll be able to fix it without needint to
remove the pulley (which looks like it'll be difficult or impossible
without removing either the radiator or air compressor).
> Are you using a military belt or a cross referenced belt?
I don't know. It's the belt that was on the truck when I got it, and
I'm not the first civilian owner.
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