Sorry to hear of Your Troubles ~ I'm surprised to hear that OR & NAPA

would not have the belts to fit ~ Would seem that 20mm should be able to

adjusted to ~ Do they have the next size shorter ? Can You determine what

caused Your Belts to get thrown > Check for Wobble in any of the Pulleys

especially the Crank ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 5 Aug , 2018, at 1:07 PM, Steve Williams wrote:

> How important is it to use the exact-fit alternator/water pump and power
> steering belts available from Bus Depot, GoWesty, and others, just to
> get back on the road for now? For my '84 Vanagon (Gas) the trusted
> sources say Continental belts measuring:
>
> 10x1100 for Alt/Water
>
> 10x1075 for PS
>
> My van threw the belts here in Fairmont, Minnesota. The local O'Reilly
> and NAPA stores have Gates belts recommended by their database for this
> vehicle, but they're both slightly over-long, by like 20mm.
>
> I'd like to get back on the road asap, if I'm not taking a chance
> running the Gates belts about 1,900 miles back to Santa Cruz. Otherwise,
> I'll try to get Bus Depot to overnight the Continental belts, but that'd
> probably mean I'd be here at least two more days. (Sigh.)
>
> What about Gates belts for now, and overnight the exact belts to
> somewhere 500-1,000 miles along the route?
>
> Of course, if I need a water pump, power steering pump, alternator, or
> something more serious, I'll be here awhile anyway. I stopped as soon as
> the red lights came on, so I hope the heads are good.
>
> Thanks.
>
> (I posted this to TheSamba, too.  I feel a little bad about that, but I
> haven't seen any messages from gerry.vanagon.com for a few days, so I
> worry this won't get distributed.)