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Hi,
Glad I could help a wee bit. Getting more enthusiasm from anywhere helps, especially, if you are churning butter. 😊
When the initial tension is placed on a belt IT DOES NOT tension the whole belt in one fell swoop.
It because the teeth are engaged into the sprockets so in essence
In those areas behind a few teeth around the sprockets just do not get same “affect”-ion.” 🤔
You have to roll around the engine by hand a few revolutions to let it settle evenly after first putting on.
They may look aligned from tooth mark to tooth mark on a brand new belt so the count will be correct but the overall rotation cycle can still change.
I didn’t pick up when you changed the belt and seals but if the belt is fresh you to reset the tensioner a few times after rolling the engine around by hand to get all the slack out.
Since you ran the engine you got that done for sure.
This is like when a couple gets engaged to be married they may have had gotten some stretching workouts or adjustments but the true test is after a little run-in period of like making wedding arrangements. 🥴
The marks can actually move a whole notch or tooth in distance. After a few hundred miles it is stressed in the manuals to loosen the tensioner nut up and then just tighten it back down through the rubber access plug in the front of the cover. Just in case you have noticed.
One has to remember that the belts are a rubber and stranded cording mixture and vulcanized.
Exactly like in car tire carcasses. Around 60,000 miles both are pretty much done for revolutions and that’s on better tires, so it’s the same for belts. Volvo started out on red blocks with recommending 30,000 miles to do replacements.
As a tire gets it mileage put on it’s the carcass that lets the outer tread do more squirming.
Tires will become more noisy but we get use to hearing them.
I know this as I had my first 1978 Volvo came with Pirelli's technology. So much for them, I heard!😵💫
A Husband and Wife do the same thing.🥴
You can try an upgrade but if it’s like timing belts you might find out that what you had was doing a good job.
I have stayed with Continental since I learned the Volvo and them are upper class belts.
I liked Michelins for holding air over time and mileage.
I now I see Michelin has dumped the 185 or 195/60-14 from their menu.
I think they sold their tooling to COKER tire that went to three times the price. I’m not that stuck on Michelin.
Toyo maybe next in line for my business if the 70 aspect ratio works.
These tires do the same job, load wise but with a more comfortable secure ride than the “rubber band tires” of today. They show off rim styles for an extra $75-100 a tire each.
The volume between me and the road is so much less that tire stores want to require you to have TPMS kit installed.
They come with non replaceable batteries, inside the tires. Good for, maybe seven years.🤞
Tire shops are also pushing a rumor that tires should be replaced every seven years.
I say only if outside, full time, in Texas or the southwestern USA. That climate can dry out anything.
I priced the sensors @ $245 a set @ Costco no less!
It looks like if you don’t buy sensors they charge $3.00ea to change the “O rings” on them.
The new rubber stems use to come with the tire mounting.
Yes, hang on to your 245 wagon, because if you own a honking BIG pickup, you might have to have commercial license plates to haul anything but groceries in the rear.
Keep us posted on what you find.
Phil
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