<VV> thrown belt.

[Norman C. Witte]

Jon, a couple of other things.  As Dan Kling said, it's critical to have
good pulleys.  If your belt is properly tensioned and it's still throwing
belts, check to make sure that none of the pulleys are bent or rusted.
Also, if the motor has a harmonic balancer and it has not been replaced, you
should replace it.  The part is held together by vulcanized rubber, which
does not live long (and prosper) beyond 40 years.  When it separates you may
be lucky, as I was, and just have it sit and spin, or it may cause all
manner of ruination.

Of course, if you have a solid pulley, please disregard the foregoing fear
mongering.

Norm Witte 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon DeVos [mailto:jondevos at comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:10 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> thrown belt.
> 
> By the way, this is a 65 greenbrier.  My belt did get thrown.  I was
> just leaving the parking lot after having the van sit for 6 hours when
> the generator light can on.  I managed to get the belt back on the
> pulleys by hand but it just came off again with in 100 yards.  I didn't
> want my wife to come pick me up because it was late and she would have
> given me grief about it so I figured if I try to get it home and if the
> temperature light didn't come on I would be ok.  It was night and about
> 68 so not to hot and a cold engine.  It seems to run fine now.
>   It just seems with all those twist as it goes over the 4 pulleys it
> would throw more often.
> Jon
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