Belt left on the mway at 80

batten · 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

Nick_S · 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?

batten · 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

Nick_S · January 11, 2009, 01:13:19 PM

http://www.polog40.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,706.0.html

batten · January 11, 2009, 01:25:47 PM

thanks nick, problem solved

hayesey · 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.

batten · 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

Dan · 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.

G-spot · January 11, 2009, 08:27:28 PM

Quote from: batten on January 11, 2009, 01:01:57 PMHow 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.

batten · January 11, 2009, 11:33:48 PM

right ok cheers for that info, so best to leave a slight bit of play then

hayesey · 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.

Jake · 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!

batten · 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

hayesey · 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.

Jake · 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...