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- From: tmcdonal@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Tom McDonald)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Fan belts w/teeth
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.230231.736@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 23:02:31 GMT
- Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
- Lines: 28
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- In article <24117@oasys.dt.navy.mil> bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ronald Bense)
- writes:
- >In rec.autos.tech, tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) writes:
- >
- >>here's the problem: the old ones have teeth in them (actually,
- >>the teeth are so wide that it would be more accurate to say that
- >>the belt has slits in it). the new ones don't.
- >
- >>catalog. is there something i'm missing here? what the hell are the
- >>teeth for?
- >
- >They're cogged belts. The slits relieve stress in the belt to help them
- >serve a longer, reliable life. The multi-ribbed belts do a real contortionist's
- >act around all the pulleys, which really places a lot of stress in the
- >belt. The cogs, or slits, reduce bending stresses as the belt curves
- >and recurves.
-
- I had a problem with a '77 Pontiac's alternator belt in that somewhere between
- 2" and 15" of the outside of the belt would piece off shortly after it was
- installed. I went through four like this until I got the cogged type and
- the problem stopped. Given the choice, I'd take cogged any day.
-
- -Tom
- --
- Okay, one more time. This is your brain. (egg)
- This is your brain on drugs. (egg in frying pan)
- Any Questions?
- "Yeah, can I have mine scrambled?"
-