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Lube a fanbelt? 120-130 1966

posted by  Ron Kwas on  Sat Feb 12 00:57 CST 2005
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Greig;

That may have stopped the squeal, but it did this by letting the belt slip without vibrating (creating the squeal)...silicon spray, after all is a lubricant...the point of a belt is to transfer rotational energy, and it can only do this if it has FRICTION with the pulleys!

I recommend againt your advice. If the electrical components are OK (no high load), a squealing belt wants to be tightened a little more (or have its contact surface roughed up with some emery cloth to INCREASE friction), not lubed!

And if you don't want to get you hands dirty adjusting the belt, and figure you can fix it by just spraying some magic on it, from out of a can, try "belt dressing"!

Cheers






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