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Re: flying belts, again.

To: elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org
Subject: Re: flying belts, again.
From: Eric W Clements <ewc4@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:35:04 -0400
Have you re-tensioned them after running new belts for a while?

EC

On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:04:14 -0500 "Linnhoff, Eric"
<elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org> writes:
> Well, the first two years of hard driving (autocrossing on the 
> weekends)
> went pretty smoothly with no major mechanical problems but now my 
> poor Neon
> has thrown it's third PS belt in a month!  2 Mopar belts and now it 
> shredded
> a good(?) Gates belt.  WHAT GIVES???  
> 
> I personally installed the last (Gates) belt and got it to at least
> 135ft/lbs (factory tension torque spec) before I managed to round 
> out the
> tensioning hole in the bracket.  What's a guy gotta do to keep the 
> PS belts
> on a Neon??? 
> 
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
> 1998 Dodge Neon R/T
> #69 DS    #13 TLS
> eric10mm@qni.com
> 
> "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone 
> who
> approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but 
> downright
> force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined." -Patrick 
> Henry
> 
> 
> 
> 

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