Note that I mentioned I didn't use nearly the force that would have been
afforded by the crowbar; I only pulled on it with 20 - 30 lbs pressure.
Nice to have one hand on the crowbar and the other still available to
tighten the bolt.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Mike Riley
|Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 7:36 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: V-Belt tightness -- how to determine
|
|a word of warning
|most belts sold for replacement at a flaps are the wrong size
|and sit too high in the groove.
|they Do NOT grip at an acceptable amount of tension. you need
|the proper metric width belt and put it on and tension until
|it does not squeal. This occurs at a lower tension that the
|fatter belt commonly sold.
|I feel that reefing on the alternator with crowbars causes the
|litany of broken  alternator mounts and bad alternator and
|water pump bearings. the point is to get it to work properly
|and not damage anything not have it conform to some arbitrary
|setting.BTW the bently assumes that the proper  width belt is used.
|mike
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