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seanski44
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 Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject: car threw its alt belt - turning full lock?? |
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Hi all,
pulling out of a car parking space at Sainsbury's the other day and the car snapped its alternator belt. it was a defininate break (rather than a wearing out) of a belt which is no more than a month old.
I had to go to extreme lock to get out of the space, and it appears that this is when the belt snapped - could something catch on the belt from the steering rack? ouch! - luckily had a spare belt in the back and fixed her in about 5mins in the car park 
worrying that full lock could do this, assuming that's what happened and not a faulty part.
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tux
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: |
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I can't think of any way the rack (or anything else come to that) could foul the alt belt. Maybe it was just coincidence that it happened right then?
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Stu2j
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seanski44
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:18 am Post subject: |
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| tux wrote: | | I can't think of any way the rack (or anything else come to that) could foul the alt belt. Maybe it was just coincidence that it happened right then? |
could be, but it was bizzarre how wrecked the belt looked - really mangled.
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tj924
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: |
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If the alternator is misaligned it can cause wear on the belt to the point where it just snaps. I had this happen to me many times (like 9 in < 1 year) & the only symptom beforehand was that it would start to squeel just before it let go.
Could also be the brand of belt as I haven't lost one since I changed brands (FROM Bosch TO Top Cog believe it or not!).
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seanski44
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| tj924 wrote: | If the alternator is misaligned it can cause wear on the belt to the point where it just snaps. I had this happen to me many times (like 9 in < 1 year) & the only symptom beforehand was that it would start to squeel just before it let go.
Could also be the brand of belt as I haven't lost one since I changed brands (FROM Bosch TO Top Cog believe it or not!). |
hmmm, pretty sure last time I looked that they were aligned OK, but maybe it was the brand of belt. It could also have been too tight... Oh well, hopefully it won't happen again soon - will keep a spare in the boot n case!
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1992 968 lux SOLD
1989 944 2.7 lux SOLD |
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