Re: Re: Re: 10-20 FAN BELT

Posted by Bob Kerr on March 08, 2002 at 07:50:31 from (152.163.213.207):

In Reply to: Re: Re: 10-20 FAN BELT posted by Will@ont.ca on March 08, 2002 at 01:01:52:

you won't want to use "Alligator" lacing. it is for very heavy applications. Clipper lacing is the wire type that most people use like that, but if I was going to use leather, I would have it "skived and glued". Skiving is cutting the end of the belt kind of like a long bevel. the other end of the belt is beveled the opposite way and then they are glued together. that way there is no metal lacing parts to cause the belt to fail becuase these pullys are too small of a diameter and it "works the lacing" too much.If you see a failed belt it is almost always broken where the lacing pokes through the holes in the belt. I learned all of this from a friend who worked in an industrial belting and power transmission shop. we traded some parts I had that fit his car and he(we, I helped) made heavy duty belts for my gristmill. Also , Will, don't run very much tension on that belt! The needle bearings in the fan hub can't take much load like that and be sure to lube them with 140wieght gear oil. Gun grease won't let them turn right and when the needles flat spot, they chew up the race quicly. You just want enough tension where the belt won't slip on the fan hub when it is running, when the engine is off it should slip easily.It will flop some but that is normal and it will settle down with some time as the belt shapes itself to the pully faces. If you look at a bunch of junk tractors that have flat fan belts, you will notice they all have replacement fan hubs, and that is because of over tensioning.

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