<VV> Fan belt throwing
Bruce Schug
bwschug at charter.net
Wed Apr 9 08:41:14 EDT 2008
On Apr 9, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Rick Norris wrote:
> Having not only thrown but eaten, chewed, chunked severed and
> butchered three fan belts this past week end at the track event I
> attended I want to tell what I learned.
> When a belt comes adrift at speed it is violent! I was surprised to
> see what damage it will do. The cross shaft for the carb linkage was
> bent. There were belt "skid marks" all over my engine compartment
> and I'm still finding small pieces of the old belts in the nooks and
> crannies around the engine. I can now see the benefits of steel fuel
> lines and or heavy hose! Take heed out there.
>
Worst belt break damage I had was a broken fan. A big piece of the
belt got into the fan between a fan blade and the top shroud and it
broke a fin off the fan!
Bruce
Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer, CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group Member
bwschug at charter.net
CORSA member since 1980
'67 Monza. "67AC140"
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