<VV> Fans & Belts

ScottyGrover at aol.com ScottyGrover at aol.com
Sat Aug 18 16:32:57 EDT 2007


 
In a message dated 8/18/2007 12:07:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ronh at owt.com writes:

"if you  could keep them on?"

What's the problem?  I've had a couple fail  in the last thirty years but one 
has never come  off!

RonH





----- Original Message ----- 
From:  "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To:  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 12:00  AM
Subject: <VV> Fans & Belts


> While ruminating  about the recent fan discussions here,  a couple things 
> came to  mind -- fan belt slippage at the fan for higher rpm, and the use 
> of  wrapped fan belts which more easily "slip" down into the pulley grooves 
 
> (keeping the belts on.
>
> So, do the wrapped fan belts  cause cooling inefficiency (overheating) 
> during spirited  driving?  Would cut belts cool better if you could keep 
> them  on?
>
> hmmmm ...
>
> Bill  S
>



Consider yourself lucky!!! I've had them come off on mountain roads where  
there was no safe place to stop and put on new belts and I had to sweat it out  
the best I could.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird (but I didn't always live  there.)



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