<VV> mystery noise, and expanding belts?

Rick Loving ral1963 at comcast.net
Mon Sep 12 21:09:27 EDT 2005


Was this a NEW belt, new belt will stretch to their maximum length very
soon after driving with it on.  Many re-occurring failures are from
installing new belts and not re-adjusting after a few miles.

Re-tighten to finger tight and drive on....

Rick Loving



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of John Headley
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 5:21 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> mystery noise, and expanding belts?

I posted a few days ago about a mystery clicky noise
under the driver side dash.  Couple replies about
speedo cables, but not much else.  Yesterday, I got in
the car and it started doing it again, before I even
started the car (key in ON position).  Some crawling
around and feeling led me to the wiper motor, of all
things.  You could feel the vibration on the motor.  A
few cycles of the wipers (they were off) and the noise
and vibration disappeared.  Is this a wiper motor
dying?

Also, had a bunch of miles yesterday.  I had checked
belt tightness and tightened it up to finger tight on
the generator fan a week ago.  By the time I got done
with all the driving, it was VERY loose, and I was
amazed it didn't fall off.  I'll check the belt
against my spare for length.  Is stretching a common
failure mode?

-John Headley
64 monza convert
Royal Oak, MI


		
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