Oh I love my belt. I kinda took good faith on whom suggested it. I was
a bone head and didn't even check the rotation on the pulleys. I just
slapped it on the only way it would, and fired 'er up. I feel pretty
lucky. I looked at the diagram, but never stopped to check the pulley
rotation on all of them.... The belt works. I need to go home for the
NAPA number though. It fits just a snug as the stock belt, a real pain
when in a hurry.... Warning, let the engine cool completely, ouch. I
have learned all of the spots for clearance, hahahahaha.... I know
exactly where to place my hands in the dark. It took a few burns, but
damn I made it, hahahahaha....
Jason
2/19/99 4:15 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger [SMTP:stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 3:18 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: short belt
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Jason Jennings wrote:
> This will fit a 360, I am going to assume the 318 has the same
pulley
> sizes. I never worked on my 318 Ram 1500. It should work
just fine
> though. Try looping a string around the pulleys, minus the
power
> assistance and A/C. Note, BIG NOTE.... The free spin pulley
above the
> water pump is routed in the opposing direction with the short
belt. The
> water pump will still spin the right way as long as you
measure it this
> way. This is the only pulley that changes directions. This
is for
> measuring purposes. Once you get the belt. you will notice
it can only
> fit one way. You should have a diagram under the hood for a
318 minus
> A/C, and with A/C. Notice when you remove the A/C and the
power
> assistance you need to change the looping on that one pulley
above the
> water pump and to the passenger side of the A/C. I love my
short belt.
> I shaved off a tenth or so with the belt alone. I needed to
lower tire
> pressure for traction though. I only recommend this belt for
track use.
> I sux parking a R/T without power assistance. Good Luck, Have
Fast Fun.
Hmmmm... I'm going to have to check on that idler pulley
routing.
Maybe that's why I could never find a belt that would bypass
both
P/S and A/C. I currently use a Dayco 670 K6 for power steering
bypass. I think most of the power gain comes from the P/S
bypass,
but having a little less rotating mass in there can't hurt! :-)
By the way, here's a diagram of the proper routing which might
help
to picture what Jason was talking about above:
http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/WWW/DAKOTA/UPGRADES/TSTAT/15.gif
>
> " 5060538 Dayco belt "
> -This translates into a 6 rib belt that is 53.8" long.
Are you sure its a Dayco? (That looks like a Gates part
number.)
-Jon-
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