Shredding Belts

[BluePonyGT]

Wow check out those witness marks. You can see how much the belt is moving laterally by just looking here.

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[sigintel]

Engine off. Twist belt by hand to get a picture of all the ribs.
Post back.
ehhhh was that a 6 rib belt that got chewed into a 5 rib?

 

[JG15YOTE]

Yea it was a 6 rib. I’ve went through 6 belts trying different stuff. I went from 79mm to 75mm and went to shorter belt. Only changes. Gates 60810 to 60806belts

 

[Cory S]

Yea it was a 6 rib. I’ve went through 6 belts trying different stuff. I went from 79mm to 75mm and went to shorter belt. Only changes. Gates 60810 to 60806belts

Shorter belts will cause more issues if the tensioner arm runs out of stroke during let off.

 

[sigintel]

post a video of front of engine including tensioner while someone revs the engine to 5k rpm.

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