I've been running 10 mm belts for ~ 140,000 miles on the grey van - I don't
think the belts are the problem...

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> ***********************************
> 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
> >>
> >
>

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