<VV> Fan belt tension

[MarK Durham]

I have a Otto wrapped that has on occasion rolled. It has never come off,
however, its in the trunk as a spare. My favorite is the Dayco Top Cog
15560. It sits in the grooves lower and with the Underground idler it seems
to work great.

I always keep a spare belt in the trunk, but never, in over 230K Corvair
miles, have I had to replace a belt on the road. I have had generator
mounts break, harmonic balancers come apart, and so on, but the belts have
always stayed on until something else happens first.

Oh, and I used to power shift my old 62 car with generator.

Mark Durham
Hauser, Idaho
62 Monza coupe Red/Red 4 speed

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:56 AM, shortle via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> This topic started off with the original tool by GM for their dealers to
> set belt tension, then went onto accessing the original fasteners for the
> idler pulley and the homemade tools created (because not everyone wants to
> remove the distributor caps for access), then onto installing longer nuts
> for access (my favorite), and then onto speed shifting on our generator
> equipped under powered Corvairs. I still like the Otto parts belts. How
> about you guys? What are your favorite fan belts to use?
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Clark Hartzel via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Sep 22, 2014 6:27 AM
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> >Subject: <VV> Fan belt tension
> >
> >Those specs for tension come from the belt manufacturers. They don't want
> their belts slipping as it wears them out faster. I am sure the shop manual
> writers at GM just went with the belt specs from their suppliers.
> >Clark Hartzel
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