| Re: [GMCnet] Belts and tensioning [message #133572] |
Wed, 06 July 2011 20:57 |
George Zhookoff
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Registered: December 2004
Location: Snellville, GA
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Used to be you could buy a belt tensioning tool from JC Whitney. No more. I got one of the last ones. If anyone finds or fabricates one let me know.
George
@ Kentucky Motor Speedway for the weekend
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From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org <gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Wed Jul 06 21:45:15 2011
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Belts and tensioning
Andrew,
I checked the MM and it provides the following Burroughs Tool to check belt
tension BT-33-73F.
I did a Google search and found one on eBay, it is handled by Snap on and it
ONLY costs $101.00! - PASS!
I then did a Google search for "Belt Tension Tool" and up popped this:
http://tinyurl.com/3synbhu
I read the reviews and they are at both ends of the pole.
Do we reckon it's worth a shot?
I have always gone by the rule of thumb that a belt is tensioned correctly
if you can twist a belt 1/2 turn and feel resistance. More than a 1/2 turn,
it's too loose, less than 1/2 turn it's too tight.
Comments?
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2011 10:04 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Belts and tensioning
Thanks, Ken. I thought I had read that recently, but couldn't find the
thread to confirm.
The two 7570s were put on by the shop, and I drove it for a few hundred
miles before taking off the PS pump and necessitating the current
retensioning..
Apparently the belts were matched closely enough for the first trip, or
maybe the shop's tensioning was just more aggressive than mine.
Thanks for the help.
--
1973 Sequoia 260 (since 2011)
Savannah, GA
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