Duke Windsor on sat 1 may 04
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Help!
At the worst time, the pulley belt on my Amaco Model 15 wheel broke.
Has anyone replaced this belt with something other than ordering one
from Amaco. If so, what size and where did you get it?
It will take too long to order it and have it delivered. I would love
to be able to go to PepBoys, pick one up cheap, and have it work.
Thanks,
-Duke
cwindsor@gsu.edu
william schran on sun 2 may 04
Duke wrote:>At the worst time, the pulley belt on my Amaco Model 15
wheel broke.
Has anyone replaced this belt with something other than ordering one
from Amaco. If so, what size and where did you get it? It will take
too long to order it and have it delivered.<
I replaced lots of these, but only ever used the ones supplied by
Amaco. If you need it bad, they can overnight it to you.
Bill
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on sun 2 may 04
Hi Duke,
Bring it to Pep-Boys...
If it is a 'Gates' or other Vee- Belt, it will have it's
size-code written on it, on it's back, and, stretched,
abraded, broken or not, they may determine the replacement.
Too, as a vee-belt tends to be a very strong and durable
item ( I have have only one ( 1 ) break on anything, ever,
in all these years, and it was a factory original one from
before the war, on a Car as had many many many miles on it,
and it broke in 1990...) I have to wonder if something is
amiss in the belt's tension or alignment or something...but
even then...seems odd to me it would have broken...
Many people, on various machinery or engines, tend to adjust
the belt tension way Way WAY too 'tight'...bad for
Bearings...
All it needs to be, is tight enough so the pullys
turn...that's it...
Anyway...if it is a vee-belt, old sanitised cee-gar pulled
from his mouth of 'mannie'...and moe and jack, or, rather,
their likely third world clueless counter clerks, oughta be
able to get it matched up just dandy. Be prepaired though,
they may keep insisting to ask you what 'year' and 'model'
car it is for...
...sigh...
Phil
el v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duke Windsor"
> -------
> Help!
> At the worst time, the pulley belt on my Amaco Model 15
wheel broke.
> Has anyone replaced this belt with something other than
ordering one
> from Amaco. If so, what size and where did you get it?
>
> It will take too long to order it and have it delivered.
I would love
> to be able to go to PepBoys, pick one up cheap, and have
it work.
>
> Thanks,
> -Duke
> cwindsor@gsu.edu
>
>
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Dan Hill on mon 3 may 04
Hi Duke
I used a standard automotive V belt once when I was in a pinch. The length
has to be right on because there is very little adjustment. Take you old
belt with you. I remember that the belt started to slip after not to many
days of use so go ahead and order the real thing.
Dan Hill
Hill Pottery
Wilno Ontario Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duke Windsor"
To:
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:17 PM
Subject: Drive Belt for Amaco 15 wheel
> -------
> Help!
> At the worst time, the pulley belt on my Amaco Model 15 wheel broke.
> Has anyone replaced this belt with something other than ordering one
> from Amaco. If so, what size and where did you get it?
>
> It will take too long to order it and have it delivered. I would love
> to be able to go to PepBoys, pick one up cheap, and have it work.
>
> Thanks,
> -Duke
> cwindsor@gsu.edu
>
>
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Carl Finch on mon 3 may 04
At 07:03 AM 5/3/2004 -0400, Dan Hill wrote:
>I used a standard automotive V belt once when I was in a pinch. The length
>has to be right on because there is very little adjustment. Take you old
>belt with you. I remember that the belt started to slip after not to many
>days of use so go ahead and order the real thing.
Yes, the problem with "standard" automotive belts
is that just length (alone) does not adequately define
a proper replacement belt!
A belt's width, plus its angle of bevel
(dunno what the technical term for this is)
are also important.
For example, a narrow belt (of the supposed
"correct length") will ride lower in the groove
of the pulley, and so be more loose than
the proper belt, and therefore tend to slip.
--Carl
in Meford, Oregon
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