<VV> Fan belt tension?

[Lonny Clark]

In the early '80s when I was young and broke, I ran around 10,000 mile with
a generator that had one broken ear ('63 Spyder) and a ten year old belt.
The generator just sort of rested on the turkey roaster, and the belt had 3
or 4 inches of play. You could pull the belt off of the pulley with one
finger.

And it never came off while the engine was running.

Lonny

Lonny Clark


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> wrote:

> To add to what Frank says here, one of our members just pulls straight
> back on the pulley, as a limit to how much tension he can put on the belt.
>  I find that pulling on the pulley hub works well for me.  Basically if you
> take all the slack out, that's generally tight enough.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:45 PM, Frank DuVal wrote:
>
> > That's how we have done it for 30 years. A tight belt flips off faster.
> >
> > Well, usually I do not need the screwdriver, hammer handle or pry bar
> > since I am just going for tight enough to still turn the
> > generator/alternator pulley with my finger.
> >
> > Also, that pulley by the distributor is an adjustable idler pulley, not
> > a tensioner. Tensioner implies an automatic adjustment. This is manual.
> >
> > Frank DuVal
>
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