05-02-2021, 07:06 PM
I'm fettling a seven special, and have pretty much got it back on the road...
The previous fan belt was somewhat shredded and was tracking right to one side of the pulleys. It was also very tight.
I've fitted a new fan belt, which felt awfully tight and it's heading in the same direction - running rammed up against one flange and wearing...
I've got the top pulley turned so that it's pointing at the centre of the bottom pulley, and still the belt feels really tight. It feels at the sort of tension I'd put on a car where it was driving the alternator or dynamo.
I've checked my other special, for which the fan belt has always been fine - I've taken the belt off that and it too is really tight.
The "new" belt is marked SA 0044 and the one from my other special is marked SA 0045.
The special I'm working on is regd in 1927, the engine is coil ignition, with a bacon slicer starter - do they have a different sized fan belt?
Thanks
James
The previous fan belt was somewhat shredded and was tracking right to one side of the pulleys. It was also very tight.
I've fitted a new fan belt, which felt awfully tight and it's heading in the same direction - running rammed up against one flange and wearing...
I've got the top pulley turned so that it's pointing at the centre of the bottom pulley, and still the belt feels really tight. It feels at the sort of tension I'd put on a car where it was driving the alternator or dynamo.
I've checked my other special, for which the fan belt has always been fine - I've taken the belt off that and it too is really tight.
The "new" belt is marked SA 0044 and the one from my other special is marked SA 0045.
The special I'm working on is regd in 1927, the engine is coil ignition, with a bacon slicer starter - do they have a different sized fan belt?
Thanks
James