<VV> Fan Belt Physics

[Bill & Chris Strickland]

> Belt is too tight!  When the engine is COLD...using your HAND ONLY pull back on the idler/ tensioner pulley..   lock it and leave it..
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> You should be able to slip the alternator fan with a finger...

Well, that is one opinion and it seems to work for lotsa folk, but it is 
not the only opinion.  I don't like the idea that I could be loosing a 
lot of cooling air in an already inefficient system by fan belt slippage 
due to the belt being too loose.

Fan belts are now made a lot tougher than they were in the sixties -- 
use good ($$$) belts!

Bill Strickland