It's a bit harder to find 9.5 Belts these days.  Continental, Gates, Dayco,
Goodyear among others all standardized their production 9.5 belts to 10mm
over 15 years ago.  Exception is that the 9.5x905 Generator Belt for the
upright 1600 engine is still being produced that way by Continental, but in
10mm by everyone else.  Even the local VW dealer here in Ventura can only
get the 10mm variety from their Depot.

I agree with Mike Collum that another issue (usually, but not
always alignment).  Scott Dempster is having a similar problem on his 90
Multivan that we haven't been able to totally solve in this regard here at
Airhead/VWG.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
jim@airheadparts.com
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> yes, I think that's the problem very likely - too wide a belt.
> shouldn't be too hard to find a 9.5 mm wide V-belt. by 1080 long.
> go online to Gates Rubber .........
> or any of many many places.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan Andreasen" <stefan.andreasen@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:44 PM
> Subject: Re: power steering V-belt falls off
>
>
> I have this exact same problem on my 86 vanagan.
>>
>> My old vbelt that worked for 20+ years recently fell of and broke. Then I
>> bought new ones, so far three, and they keep falling off after driving 10
>> minutes to 8 hours.
>>
>> I found out that the old vbelt is size 9.5x1080 (which is also the saze
>> stated in the Bentley manual) while the only new ones I can find are
>> 10x1075. It looks like the old original vbelt had a better fit, i sat
>> deeper
>> in the track.
>>
>> Could this be the problem, and if yes, does anyone who know where to get
>> the
>> REAL ORIGINAL SIZE 9.5x1080?
>>
>> Best
>> Stefan
>>
>