foxgoose
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Worrying failure on my five year old, 400hrs, just serviced, KAD 43 coming back from Torbay to Dartmouth last night.
Compressor idler pulley seized, disintegrated and threw the belt.
It's a cheap plastic pulley with a "sealed for life" (hollow laugh) bearing with no way of lubricating or protecting it.
Since it was only the compressor we got home - but now i'm worried 'cos there's an identical idler on the water pump belt, which would be a disastrous failure on a single engined boat.
The pulley assembly looks as if it would be more at home on a cheap lawn mower than a marine diesel.
Anybody else had similar problems with these?
Compressor idler pulley seized, disintegrated and threw the belt.
It's a cheap plastic pulley with a "sealed for life" (hollow laugh) bearing with no way of lubricating or protecting it.
Since it was only the compressor we got home - but now i'm worried 'cos there's an identical idler on the water pump belt, which would be a disastrous failure on a single engined boat.
The pulley assembly looks as if it would be more at home on a cheap lawn mower than a marine diesel.
Anybody else had similar problems with these?