anyone have experience with a belt tensioner? Looks like a great way to have more contact between belt and gen/alt. pulley. hence less slippage, longer belt life.
serpentine belt config.
Jul 02, 2007
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Yup. Ya know it ain't a dynamic tensioner, right? You have to put the tension where you want it. No spring.
Anywhow I use one on a high-reving Type-1. The advantage of the thing is the wider, stronger belt. But for a stock T1 - dunno. It's simpler and cheaper to carry a spare belt.
See it here:
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(Before later improvements in there.)
i had a two day old alt belt break on my bug once....i still have the scar where my finger went between the pulley and said belt....ouch..
I just know the belt slips during down shifts. Question #2 does the rotating mass of a generator compare to an alternator?
No you don't, and even if it did slip it wouldn't make a freaking bit of difference to anything.
Compare? No significant difference.
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