<VV> 63' belt tosser! need help

[J R Read]

In the ice race days (don't have a car for that just now and the last one 
got way too crispy), we would always break a belt on the way to the first 
race.  That was because we forgot to sand the pulleys.  Being that it was a 
Corvair, we could always find a belt tucked away in some nook or cranny of 
the car and whatever we found is what we put on.

The car would go through the rest of the season with no further BELT 
problems.  After a couple of years of this happening, we began to count on 
the "sacrificial" belt taking care of that job (sanding the pulleys) for us.

BTW, I prefer the Gates "top cog".  Others have their own preferences.  We 
did a survey on VV several years ago(somewhere in the archives) about 
favorite fan belts.  I think the gates came in 1st or 2nd - don't recall for 
sure.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Pleau" <dpleau at wavecable.com>
To: "'corvair'" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 63' belt tosser! need help


> 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
>
>
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