V-belt quality

[Huw Powell]

I don't think the rubber belt wears out the steel pulleys.

- Huw

On 1/2/2013 9:59 PM, laraa at sympatico.ca wrote:
> Maybe the belt doesn't stretch that much, it may be the pulleys that are too
> worn. Your new belt is just wide enough to fill the worn pulleys, and when
>
> it wears a bit, it goes deeper, making you believe it's stretching.
>
> If nothing works, try a slightly wider belt : 10x950 is a 10mm by 950mm
> belt. Maybe a 11mm or a 12mm belt would work.
>
> Louis-Alain
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De
> la part de Peter Orban
> Envoyé : 2 janvier 2013 16:28
> À : quattro at audifans.com
> Objet : V-belt quality
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Happy New Year to Everyone!
>
> Question about V-belt quality, the make I have been using keeps stretching.
> The V-belt in question is the Continental AVX10X950 (my apologies, it is on
> a VW Golf ;-). It has the V notches and the reinforcing belts are only at
> the outer edge.
>
> My son lost the previous belt, it was a bit loose, it started screeching
> occasionally around 3K RPM. We kept tightening the belt, about every two
> month or so.
>
> Now I put on a new belt, also the same Continental make. It was tight when I
> put it on, and now, a couple of days later it is not so tight.
> Is that normal? I don't think so!
>
> Thanks, Peter
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