Belt routing/possible stupid question
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Belt routing/possible stupid question
Right now the way I have my belts routed and they are lining up is the following ,
1 belt goes around crank pulley,water pump pulley, Alt pulley.
1 belt goes around crank pulley,water pump pulley, p/s pulley.
My question is this bad routing, and would it cause the power steering to kinda bind ? I just installed a new p/s pump and I am not sure if I
Might still have air in the lines doing the binding, or if the p/s pump is supposed to be only on the crank pulley for a reason. I routed the belts this way incase one belt broke, I still would have a belt going around the water pump pulley.
opinions ?
1 belt goes around crank pulley,water pump pulley, Alt pulley.
1 belt goes around crank pulley,water pump pulley, p/s pulley.
My question is this bad routing, and would it cause the power steering to kinda bind ? I just installed a new p/s pump and I am not sure if I
Might still have air in the lines doing the binding, or if the p/s pump is supposed to be only on the crank pulley for a reason. I routed the belts this way incase one belt broke, I still would have a belt going around the water pump pulley.
opinions ?
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Let's think about that, if the travel speed is the same around two pulleys (2X) but then differs around a third point, wouldn't that cause one to slip on the common pulleys while the other maintains full speed?
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Jud and Easy Mike , The engine is not original, nor are the pulleys.
Also both grooves on the crank pulley and w/p pulley are the same diameter. I also do not think the size of the Alt pulley and p/s pulley wouldnt matter. I didnt think either there would be a problem doing this, just wanted to ask others what they thought. I tried to look up pics of belt routing and only could find pics of chevy v8s where the p/s pump belt only went around the crank pulley. So wasnt sure if it would cause conflict with the belt going around both crank and water pump.
Also both grooves on the crank pulley and w/p pulley are the same diameter. I also do not think the size of the Alt pulley and p/s pulley wouldnt matter. I didnt think either there would be a problem doing this, just wanted to ask others what they thought. I tried to look up pics of belt routing and only could find pics of chevy v8s where the p/s pump belt only went around the crank pulley. So wasnt sure if it would cause conflict with the belt going around both crank and water pump.
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Did you happen to remove AC or something?
Non AC cars have a belt going from just the crank pulley to the water pump pulley. Pain to get that belt on as there is no adjustment.
Power steering belt should go just around the ps pulley and the third groove on the crank damper. Closest pulley to the radiator. The ps pulley on the damper is an added on pulley giving you a total of 3 grooves.
Non AC cars have a belt going from just the crank pulley to the water pump pulley. Pain to get that belt on as there is no adjustment.
Power steering belt should go just around the ps pulley and the third groove on the crank damper. Closest pulley to the radiator. The ps pulley on the damper is an added on pulley giving you a total of 3 grooves.
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Did you happen to remove AC or something?
Non AC cars have a belt going from just the crank pulley to the water pump pulley. Pain to get that belt on as there is no adjustment.
Power steering belt should go just around the ps pulley and the third groove on the crank damper. Closest pulley to the radiator. The ps pulley on the damper is an added on pulley giving you a total of 3 grooves.
Non AC cars have a belt going from just the crank pulley to the water pump pulley. Pain to get that belt on as there is no adjustment.
Power steering belt should go just around the ps pulley and the third groove on the crank damper. Closest pulley to the radiator. The ps pulley on the damper is an added on pulley giving you a total of 3 grooves.
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In that case I got nothin!
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Did you happen to remove AC or something?
Non AC cars have a belt going from just the crank pulley to the water pump pulley. Pain to get that belt on as there is no adjustment.
Power steering belt should go just around the ps pulley and the third groove on the crank damper. Closest pulley to the radiator. The ps pulley on the damper is an added on pulley giving you a total of 3 grooves.
Non AC cars have a belt going from just the crank pulley to the water pump pulley. Pain to get that belt on as there is no adjustment.
Power steering belt should go just around the ps pulley and the third groove on the crank damper. Closest pulley to the radiator. The ps pulley on the damper is an added on pulley giving you a total of 3 grooves.
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