A key to tightening this pulley is to rotate it as it's tightening.
Otherwise it will pinch as was suggested here. It will seem tight till you
run it and the belt settles in place.
-=-
----- Original Message -----
From: "uniquemachine" <uniquemachine@air1.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Multifuel compressor pulley slipping
> When you tighten up the pulley, and you think it is tight, is it really,
or is
> it just pinched? Try tightening up the pulley front half, then spin the
motor a
> couple of revolutions to allow the belt to reposition itself on the
pulley,
> because when you tighten it, the diameter actually increases. So keep
doing
> this process until the belt is not pinched, but is truely running on the
> diameter of the pulley, and is at the right tension, then install the
pinch
> bolts. Make sure that you use fine thread( they hold much better) high
quality
> Grade 8 bolts and good washers and nuts. This should do it.
>
> Jon
> Unique Machine & Engineering
>
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