REFLECTOR:V8 Vacuum system
Jim Sower
reflector@tvbf.org
Sun, 09 Nov 2003 20:58:41 -0600
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My guess would be serpentine.
a) V-belts fail more often
b) When a V-belt does fail, others are still under power and
fragments get tangled up in operating stuff and can cause lots
of cause collateral damage.
c) In the unlikely event of a serpentine failure, everything
stops and the broken belt drops into the bottom of the cowl
Just a theory ... Jim S.
Robin Ream wrote:
> So which belt type is the least likely to break and end up
> somewhere where you really don't want it? Robin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Martin
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:V8 Vacuum system
> How about gilmer pulleys? (Uses "tractor belts"
> with teeth). I've got two gilmers, one for my dry
> sump oil system, another for the alternator.
> Perfect alignment is required, but there's no
> slippage. IMHO, as good as serpentine. Dennis
> Martin
>
> > Serpentine belts are to V-Belts pretty much what
> > alternators are to generators IMO.
>
> > Al Gietzen wrote:
> >
> > > Yo; Jim!
> >
> > > < The main thing that fails is the drive belt>
> >
>
>
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Jim Sower
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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My guess would be serpentine.
<br>a) V-belts fail more often
<br>b) When a V-belt does fail, others are still under power and
fragments get tangled up in operating stuff and can cause lots of cause
collateral damage.
<br>c) In the unlikely event of a serpentine failure, everything
stops and the broken belt drops into the bottom of the cowl
<p>Just a theory ... Jim S.
<p>Robin Ream wrote:
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So
which belt type is the least likely to break and end up somewhere where
you <u>really don't want it</u>? Robin
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Martin</a></div>
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How about gilmer pulleys? (Uses "tractor belts" with teeth).
I've got two gilmers, one for my dry sump oil system, another for the alternator.
Perfect alignment is required, but there's no slippage. IMHO, as
good as serpentine. Dennis Martin
<blockquote cite="" type="cite">Serpentine belts are to V-Belts pretty
much what alternators are to generators IMO.</blockquote>
<blockquote cite="" type="cite">Al Gietzen wrote:
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Jim!</font></font></blockquote>
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The main thing that fails is the drive belt></font></font></font></blockquote>
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<p>--
<br>Jim Sower
<br>Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
<br>Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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