<VV> 63' belt tosser! need help

[Dennis Pleau]

You may want to use some finer sandpaper to smooth out the scratches the
course sand paper put in.  If you look at a good well used pulley, it is
really smooth.

I never had a problem with belts on my 63 102/4 sp.

dp

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 5:37 PM
To: corvair
Subject: <VV> 63' belt tosser! need help

Hey folks,  

I've been driving (late model) Corvairs daily for much of the past 9 years
and I've never thrown a belt.  I'm aware of the loose belt rule and cold
tensioning procedure (able to turn the alt/gen pulley etc.).

For some reason the 63' 102 keeps throwing belts on me.  Admittedly I don't
have a clarks belt on it yet, that is the next step.. but the belt I'm using
though not wrapped is the correct (narrow) width.  I also used coarse sand
paper to clean most of the rust from inside the pulleys (since the car sat
for 27 years).

Now I know that this car has the steel fan.. which increases the odds of a
thrown belt.. I also notice it has a solid pulley rather than harmonic
balancer.  I'm still using a generator, though I have a 64 generator (and
gen fan) installed now.  

Increasing the tension seems to be helping, but if it wasnt for the guard on
the idler I think it would still be throwing it constantly.  I notice quite
a bit of wobble in the belt, particularly between the idler and engine
pulleys.

Missy just threw the belt on her first trip home (a 100 mile trip) and I had
to drive down and rescue her.  Despite my warnings to watch for the light,
listen for ping, and shut the engine off immediately she ignored the ping,
didn't notice the light, and ran it till it quit and generated a big smoke
cloud....   When I got there 30 mins later and put the belt back on the car
started right up and ran perfectly... these cars are amazing!




Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III