kad 42 belt tensioners

ians

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I no there have been posts before regarding Water pump and supercharger belts squeeling on Kad 42s, I have just purchased the tensioner upgrade kits.(not cheap)
Has anyone any experiance with these or I think the Kad 43s had these fitted as standard. is this going to solve my problem.

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The kits were £132 per engine, eeeek. but like most Volvo kit not cheap.
The kit consists of some new metal mounting plates to mount the pulley on, one for supercharger and one for water pump belts, the tensioners themselves are larger than the old ones, the way the belts are tensioned looks so much easier than messing with the old allen key type. so quiet exited on fitting these.

the bad news. the water pump belts are differant that the originals so you have to get these, and they dont paint the mounting kits either.

I will let you no how I come on with these, Im hoping its money well spent as the belt sqeeling was doing my head in.

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Ian.....I suffered the same sqealing on my last boat (KAD 42s). I had both engines upgraded and virtually rebuilt (lots of other problems at the time) but the sqealing continued. I eventually traced the problem. The alternator pulleys were worn. I renewed both pulleys and never heard so much as a sqeak from either engine afterwards. Great engines if you look after them.......lots of fun.
 

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Thanks for info on alternator pulleys, will keep a eye on them.
Fitted the upgrade kit at the weekend, such a better way to tension the belts It does make the job easier to do.
will be doing a decent run in the next couple of weeks so will no weher the problem has been solved.

many thanks for imput

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