| New Belts? [message #351857] |
Sun, 02 February 2020 18:16  |
Melbo
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New timing chain installed and radiator back from the shop (one small pin hole repaired). Everything is starting to go back together. I found a set of new belts in the coach and because I plan on replacing the belts that I took off I am wondering if I should get a brand new set and just keep these around in case of a failure or use them and buy a new set to carry along when we start to travel. Either way I will have an extra set but if there is a chance that they age out like tires I would put the new ones on and keep these for ICE. If on the other hand they don't age out when stored just use them and get a new set when we start to use the coach to travel. Could still be a spell before it is ready to travel.
Thanks for any opinions on this.
Melbo
Albuquerque NM Bus Conversion 1978 MCI 1973 GMC
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| Re: New Belts? [message #351858 is a reply to message #351857] |
Sun, 02 February 2020 19:41  |
Ken Burton
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My opinion ... Buy and install new belts. Keep the older ones for emergencies. Make sure you get 7/16"(11mm) or 1/2" belts. Check the new ones with a 10 mm. open end wrench. If it will go across the width of the belt, the belt is too thin.
Ken Burton - N9KB
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Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] New Belts? [message #351859 is a reply to message #351857] |
Sun, 02 February 2020 19:26 |
jimk
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Keep just the Alt belt as that is the most important.
Just in case keep the part # of all the belts.
A belt does not stretch , just wears into the pulls and loosen up.
I’m sure someone that thinks they know more will say.
On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 4:16 PM melmull--- via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> New timing chain installed and radiator back from the shop (one small pin
> hole repaired). Everything is starting to go back together. I found a set
> of new belts in the coach and because I plan on replacing the belts that I
> took off I am wondering if I should get a brand new set and just keep these
> around in case of a failure or use them and buy a new set to carry along
> when we start to travel. Either way I will have an extra set but if there
> is
> a chance that they age out like tires I would put the new ones on and keep
> these for ICE. If on the other hand they don't age out when stored just
> use them and get a new set when we start to use the coach to travel. Could
> still be a spell before it is ready to travel.
>
> Thanks for any opinions on this.
>
> Melbo
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| Re: New Belts? [message #351861 is a reply to message #351860] |
Sun, 02 February 2020 23:03 |
Ken Burton
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I broke a belt one Sunday night about 10 PM in traffic in Louisville headed north. Because I have a double alternator/P.S/water pump belt,I as able to pull to the side of the expressway open the hatch and remove the broken one without tools. I continued on for a couple of hours and parked for the night. In the morning when the engien was cool I installed a spare I carried and drove a couple of hundred miles on home.
The point is I did not have to go looking for a new belt on a late Sunday night or the next morning. Belts are cheap if you get them someplace like Vbelt Supply. So if it were me I would also order some new spares.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] New Belts? [message #351870 is a reply to message #351861] |
Mon, 03 February 2020 11:13 |
jimk
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Keep in mind the Olds engine unlike the Chevy has the main belt for air
conditioning .
Maybe best to keep the wI’ll run the eAyer pump
A/c belt
as it
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On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 9:03 PM Ken Burton via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote.
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> I broke a belt one Sunday night about 10 PM in traffic in Louisville
> headed north. Because I have a double alternator/P.S/water pump belt,I as
> able
> to pull to the side of the expressway open the hatch and remove the broken
> one without tools. I continued on for a couple of hours and parked for the
> night. In the morning when the engien was cool I installed a spare I
> carried and drove a couple of hundred miles on home.
>
> The point is I did not have to go looking for a new belt on a late Sunday
> night or the next morning. Belts are cheap if you get them someplace like
> Vbelt Supply. So if it were me I would also order some new spares.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: New Belts? [message #351874 is a reply to message #351857] |
Mon, 03 February 2020 13:02 |
JohnL455
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Are those A numbers for 455 or 403?
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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