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15th May 2021, 07:48 PM
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15th May 2021 07:48 PM
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15th May 2021, 07:57 PM
#12
Originally Posted by
mudski
I sell some seriously heavy duty 13A belts at work Marko. The Gates Fleetrunner range are top notch. Phil and Eric can vouch for them.
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Agree Mark, my experience with moving to the green fleetguard has been trouble free. The 6 micro rib belts supplied with the kit simply stretched after a couple of hours use and the auto tensioner was unable to keep them from squealing. I did have some very ordinary alignment issues that 'ol eagle eyes @MB picked up on, however the standard series belts still stretched. The only issue I have had with the fleetguard is the back cover surface is 'sticky' when i first start up, and it sounded like I had a 'clicking' bearing - took a while to diagnose as the belt 'popping off' the idler roller. A puff with some graphite powder fixed it instantly. I mention this only as an observation and remedy if someone else strikes it. The dimensional stability is great, but, I upgraded the drive from 6 to 8 rib after hearing about issues with the 6 rib stretching by other users with the s/c, and still find it pretty easy to get them to squeal as well with 8 rib, but thats more a driver issue than the belt. All my pulleys are steel, so good friction surface. If you run aluminium pulleys you may strike slippage though.
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15th May 2021, 08:04 PM
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15th May 2021, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by
MB
If you look at the Dayco chart from ET, 310a = 8 rib, so its on the money. I have run 200a off a single 13a, however it did chew thru belts. It was one of those 14V alternators with a converter pack to run as an arc welder and 240v power supply - made by uni power. As an alternator it rarely pulled over 100amps, but when welding it used the whole 200a and thats what shortened the belt life - drive surfaces were actually tacky from the slip that would take place and heaps of smoke after a couple of minutes loaded up. I don't know what they never ran then with 2A belt config. Anyway, it was moved on after a lot of frustration. There is simply nothing like reading the instructions as the selection charts are there for a reason.
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15th May 2021, 08:23 PM
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15th May 2021, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by
PeeBee
The only issue I have had with the fleetguard is the back cover surface is 'sticky' when i first start up, and it sounded like I had a 'clicking' bearing - took a while to diagnose as the belt 'popping off' the idler roller. A puff with some graphite powder fixed it instantly. I mention this only as an observation and remedy if someone else strikes it.
Phil mate, please elaborate this a tad more... You have my attention! So you're saying the outer "green" skin of the belt sticks and clicks when cold or something?
As mentioned earlier in the thread. Slapped on a new Hitachi 100A Alternator unit not long ago. While at it I slapped on a set of the Green belts from @mudski ...
"Sometimes" in the morning at start-up there is a minor "ticking" noise with no consistent pattern, which fades minutes after idling from start ANd/or I give it few revs...
As the belts AND the Alt went on at the same time, I'm unsure where to begin looking, but now that you've mentioned this i'm intrigued!
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15th May 2021, 08:41 PM
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15th May 2021, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by
MB
Philstar is running a 26m long ‘Serpentine’ 8 rib belt on his 6.5L Supercharged Chevy GQ Hodgey Mate!
The back of the Serpy he found sticking to the idler pulleys which is different to your V belt OEM idler pulley stretching from the inner outwards
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Thanks @MB, spot on. It took a workshop mechanic about 2 secs to identify the problem that I had been over thinking for weeks! Now I head straight down to this guy when I find a 'non amateur obvious issue', happy to hand the cash over, great expertise and knowledge, and frankly allows me to make better use of my limited time off roster as well.
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15th May 2021, 09:05 PM
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Patrol God
Thanks for the explanation @MB and @PeeBee . I got excited there for a sec.
Will have to hunt the culprit some more then.
But on that note, how awesome are those belts. Compared to any others ive used in the past theyre leagues ahead. Just physically holding them in your hands you can tell the difference.
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17th May 2021, 11:10 AM
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YES the Fleet runners are the go !
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