From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Mon Apr 19 2004 - 22:15:52 PDT
I remember asking NAPA the same thing a couple of years ago - I live near a
NAPA distribution center. The guys said that they no longer have matched
sets - that the tolerances are now tight enough that if you buy two of the
same part number they can be considered matched.
Dave
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:47:05 EDT, <Recovry4x4@aol.com> wrote:
> Greetings everybody! Yesterday while slaving my M1009 with the M275A2
> tractor I noticed the belts squealing anytime there was a significant amp
> draw. The belts were a bit loose so I tightened them up and went for it.
> No problems slaving at all. Later in the evening I went to the grocery
> store (in the M275A2) to get sodas. On the way down the road at about 55
> MPH she pitched a belt. In the process screwed up the other alt belt and
> the compressor belt. Also put a hole in the radiator. On the way back
> home the second alt belt also went away. So now I'm faced with radiator
> repair and belt replacement. This morning I went to the auto parts store
> armed with NAPA numbers from Mark Blairs website. The parts store
> carries Goodyear belts which I like. Parts dude has no problem
> generating a number for the compressor belt but can't find a
> crossreference for the alt belts. The NAPA number is 25-9746 and I
> presume this is a matched set. No problem, off to NAPA. The NAPA parts
> guy says that the number is no good and he cant help me. Crap!!! I have
> no belts to work with now. Off I go to Ft Lauderdale to a buddys place.
> An hour later I arrive. He has a couple of belts right there on the
> bench. Real surplus stuff off of a truck. Woohoo, there's a Dayco number
> on this. Down the street to NAPA I go. The parts woman (?) cross
> references it and says no problem. I remind her that I need a matched
> set. Seconds later she returns with 2 belts. Not a matched set at all.
> I tell her that I really want a matched set. She says "They are a
> matched set, I checked them". The numbers on these belts was 25-9740. I
> pass on these since I now have their number. I take my buddies belt back
> and head up the highway to a parts store near my house. Parts store guy
> looks at the NAPA number and says he can't cross reference it either.
> Dang, I can't win. I go back to the truck to get the Dayco number that I
> didn't write down. What a fool I've been so far. Now I'm going back
> home, a compressor belt in one hand and nothing in the other. As I'm
> going down my street I remember that I have kept a used set of belts
> around just in case I have a belt failure. Hope yet! I open the garage
> door and the belts are hanging just where I left them 3 year ago. I pull
> them down and check them out. The compressor belt, of which I already
> have has numbers all over it. The alt belts do not. Either way I now
> have a physical belt to take to the parts house and interchange. By the
> end of the day I'll have Goodyear numbers available for all. My questions
> now. Are matched sets still sold and how important are they? What else
> have others done for belts? Better believe that once I have the right
> numbers in hand, I'll have several sets here on hand just in case!
> Kenny
>
> PS, the 6.2 in the M1009 is still junk. Looking for a cheap used running
> 6.2 in the SE. I might have some bartering stock laying around.
>
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-- Dave
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