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Smitty's RV-9A - Experimental Aircraft from Van's Aircraft

Thursday, September 09, 2010 -
Howdeeeeee! I'm building an RV-9A from Van's Aircraft. Take your shoes off and sit a spell. Give me a holler if ya' got questions or ya' just wanna chew the fat about RV's.

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Alternator Belt - View Thread
I bought an alternator belt and installed it and it seems to fit okay except that it does not fit down in the grove of the pulley completely. There is about 1/16" sticking up from the pulley on the crank and not quite as much on the alternator. It is a NAPA Premium XL belt (which is supposedly manufactured by Gates) 3/8". Should I go down to the 5/16" belt or will this work okay.

Alternator Belt - RE: - View Thread
V-Belts are design to transmit power via the sides of the belts, if the belts are the wrong size ( b vs. c ) or the pulleys are worn such that the belts run on the bottom of the groove, the tension put on the belt is excessive resulting in bearing failure.

Alternator Belt - RE: - View Thread
I used a NAPA belt and it does stick up a little, but so far so good. 15 hrs and climbing. It's probably better if it doesn't ride too low in the pulley.

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