[FC] Re: blower belt

[Clark Hartzel]

The belt coming off during shifts is perfectly normal.  Not acceptable, but
normal!  When you shift, there is a sudden change of crank pully speed to
fan pulley speed.  Try and keep the engine speed wherever it will be after
the shift and it might help.  If you speed shift, the engine is probably
going too fast for the transaxle so it suddenly slows down to match the
trans.
If you back off the throttle and let the engine go too slow during a shift,
it suddenly gets "jerked" up to whatever speed the trans wants.  learn
"smooth" shifting without the "jerks".
Do you have belt guards/retainers on the fan pulley and idler pulley?  If
not, get some!
The belt lengthening on the idler pulley side is normal as the engine pulls
the belt tight on the generator side and "pushes" the idler side uphill.
Clark Hartzel

-----Original Message-----
From: corvanatics-admin@corvair.org
[mailto:corvanatics-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of galaxyflyer1
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:03 PM
To: corvanatics@corvair.org
Subject: [FC] Re: blower belt


Thanks for the input. Just a couple of things. I lose the belt only between
shifts during higher rpms. I also notice that the belt lengthens a lot on
the idler pulley when I rev the engine.

Bob



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