New V-Belt - How hard should it be?

[Daydream believer]

Your mates probably don't have spanners, just lump hammers.

The OP just needs to undo the alt mountings until he can get the belt on, if he cannot reassemble the bits with the new belt on, then the belt is wrong.
As said, belts are measured on the medium of the 'height' not the outside or inside.

Never really thought about that one. But now you mention it. The gadget that our local company has mounted on the wall, for measuring belts, fits inside the belt with 2 semi circles that open out to the inside of the belt. There is a scale betwem the 2 semicircles giving the circumfrence. I wonder how it calculates the adjustment for the mid height for different sections of belt.

 

[Refueler]

What ever happened to the clip together emergency 'fan belts' ???

 

[Daydream believer]

What ever happened to the clip together emergency 'fan belts' ???

Or even better-- a pair of the girfriends tights. Been done I am told

 

[DownWest]

Or even better-- a pair of the girfriends tights. Been done I am told

My BIL's younger bro tried the tights trick. Lasted all of 10 seconds, leaving them by the road and she a little chilly her 60s mini-skirt.

 

[Daydream believer]

My BIL's younger bro tried the tights trick. Lasted all of 10 seconds, leaving them by the road and she a little chilly her 60s mini-skirt.

Should have had heated seats ?

 

[Refueler]

Wonder if still sold somewhere ?

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[DownWest]

Should have had heated seats ?

BMW hadn't thought of that in the 60s. Couple of my friends drove 'state of the art' Isettas... Transport, but not as we now know it

 

[DownWest]

Wonder if still sold somewhere ?

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Might be a bit 'un-flexible' after this time. Seem to remember a sort of tube, with a connector that had lots of ridges. So you cut to length and joined the ends on the pulleys.
I can see why it didn't catch on.....

 

[Bilgediver]

What ever happened to the clip together emergency 'fan belts' ???

These are essential for some applications where a split belt is required rather than dismantle machinery to install them such on shaft drives.



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Link-Belt-Adjustable-Drive-Twist/dp/B07Y7Y3Q7W

 

[Refueler]

These are essential for some applications where a split belt is required rather than dismantle machinery to install them such on shaft drives.



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Link-Belt-Adjustable-Drive-Twist/dp/B07Y7Y3Q7W

I can remember back in the 70's .... you could buy emergency belts made up from links clipped together. Never had one ... but for use on our boats - could be a 'lifesaver'.

I have to admit that I keep telling myself to get a spare belt just in case - but never do. My Perkins has ample adjustment on mount to remove / replace and tension.

 

[bignick]

Wonder if still sold somewhere ?

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A bit pointless in my opinion. Why would you carry an emergency fan belt on a boat? If you’re going to carry something to effect a repair, you may as well just have a proper spare, along with the couple of tools you need to change it.

 

[WoodyP]

On my Beta engine which tends to eat fan belts I fitted a spare fan belt tied back to the engine so that if one went it's a simple matter to run the new one without having to dismantle stuff to get it on.