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Offline batten

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Belt left on the mway at 80
« on: January 11, 2009, 01:01:57 pm »
well i no longer have a toothed drive belt as it left me on the motorway friday night at 11pm  >:( got recovered eventually after nearly freezing to death.
The car had been sounding rough on idle for a few days and stupidly i wanted to wait till the weekend to investigate,should have retired the car but just needed to get places. It went silent after 1.5k and i dismissed the belt being the issue.
Looking at the pulleys now they looked like they have been abbraised as they are quite shinney in places, so i dont know whether a stone or something had got caught it the belt? sounds silly.
So im going to be ordering a new one, would this be corerect?
http://www.jabbasport.com/store/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=G-LADER04

How much play should be left in the belt once fitted?

sorry for the Q's but im new to all this

thanks for any help,
John
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Offline Nick_S

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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 01:06:45 pm »
If i'm not mistaken, thats the charger timing belt on Jabba site. If that went on yours, the charger would have grenaded!

I guess you mean toothed pulley belt?
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 01:11:25 pm »
Ah sorry Nick yes thats the one! cant seem to find them online. but its defo the external belt linking the alternator
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 01:13:19 pm »
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Offline batten

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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 01:25:47 pm »
thanks nick, problem solved
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2009, 02:36:57 pm »
how worn are your toothed pullies?  Have you been using the proper belt on them or just a timing belt?    That one we sell is a proper one.
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Offline batten

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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2009, 02:59:18 pm »
they arnt that bad just a little shinny in places tbh just had another look. im guessing that it was the correct belt in the 1st place
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2009, 07:23:17 pm »
If you have a stone fly up and hit it, then it could have caused it to break.
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 08:27:28 pm »
Quote from: batten on January 11, 2009, 01:01:57 pm
How much play should be left in the belt once fitted?
I'm on my original belt of +20K miles, an I run it with plenty of play/give, no were near as tight as either my cambelt or the OEM V-belts, keeping these belts slack will also vastly reduces bearing wear too, I can get a 180 degree twist without too much trouble between the charger and crank pulley with my belt. I have got some evidence of bits of forign body(grit/stones) getting caught between the pulley and belt, but nothing that has caused a failure.
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2009, 11:33:48 pm »
right ok cheers for that info, so best to leave a slight bit of play then
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2009, 05:50:28 pm »
I used to tighten mine up the same tightness as a cambelt, so you could only twist it 90deg between the bottom pulley and the charger pulley, lasted years like that.  In fact I never had a belt snap, I replaced it once just because the old one was old.
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2009, 06:34:08 pm »
Very strangely.....I read this thread about 4pm today. Then I popped out to do some work and on the way home my belt snapped! Gutted. So gotta order 2 asap as its my daily driver!
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2009, 11:10:11 pm »
wow that spookey, i dont feel so alone now! i hate it when the daily is out of action
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2009, 09:27:15 am »
I'd advise anyone with toothed belts to carry a spare in the boot.  I did even though I never needed it.  It's not like you can get the correct ones in any halfords like you can with a fan belt. 
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Re: Belt left on the mway at 80
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2009, 05:00:21 pm »
Yeah I'm buying 2 this time so I got a spare. Messaged pete so just awaiting a reply now...
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