Re: Was Attempt no. 3 failed, sort of.... Now Crank Walk

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 12:31:16 EDT


"Mr. Plow" <adam_is_mr_plow@hotmail.com> wrote:

: It does make sense to me Marty.
: The first pulley that went was the smooth pulley, interconnected with the
: tensioner pulley-- a dual tensioner system.
: Based on the fact that the first pulley that went was smooth, i don't
: "think" that crank-walk would be responsible for it's damage, the offset
: force of a mis-aligned belt shouldn't have muh if any affect on a smooth
: pulley, should it?

  One thing that came to mind as I was copying videos last night which I
had forgotten about was the amount of squealing your Dak's serpentine belt
was doing throughout the BBQ. Maybe that was just due to being at full
lock and the power steering system, but thought I would mention it just in
case. I remember it squealed several times. (Sounded like that Ferd
rental last year...) ;-)

: I guess i'm going to blame the damage to the 2nd pulley, and the first one
: that froze up. And i'll see if i can find a secluded pond to dump my dak
: into soon... hehehehe
: Hey Jon, you don't fish in those ponds that you have on your land, do you???
: ;-)

  Yes, we do, actually. :-)

-- 

-Jon-

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