Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 760787 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:56:13 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.115; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from 204.127.135.29 ([204.127.135.29]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11) with SMTP id <20050226195522111009o720e>; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:55:27 +0000 Received: from [209.247.222.89] by 204.127.135.29; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:55:21 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Belt failure Rate Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:55:21 +0000 Message-Id: <022620051955.13686.4220D4290000E15E000035762160375964019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 18 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_13686_1109447721_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_13686_1109447721_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Paul and all, My girlfriend's brothers have over the road trucks and do their own maintenance. They tell me that most of their belt problems are caused by poor pulley alignment (Even on new Trucks from the factory)........FWIW -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 > Paul wrote: > > > Hi, Todd....I have had to replace the serpentine belt on my Ford motor > > home. (Broke on the highway on the way to a canard fly-in of course). > > All of our tractor-trailer units have serpentine belts. Fairly high > > failure rate. I always keep at least 12 different serpentine belts (2 > > of each size) in my repair truck so that I can fix them on the > > roadside. We use Gates and/or Goodyear. In fairness, however, a few > > of the older units have a V belt for the alternator. They fail as > > well. Don't know which type of belt fails more frequently, but they > > both fail with regularity. Now if we changed them at every annual > > condition inspection, however..... Paul Conner --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_13686_1109447721_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Paul and all,

My girlfriend's brothers have over the road trucks and do their own maintenance. They

tell me that most of their belt problems are caused by poor pulley alignment (Even on new

Trucks from the factory)........FWIW

--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

> Paul wrote:
>
> > Hi, Todd....I have had to replace the serpentine belt on my Ford motor
> > home. (Broke on the highway on the way to a canard fly-in of course).
> > All of our tractor-trailer units have serpentine belts. Fairly high
> > failure rate. I always keep at least 12 different serpentine belts (2
> > of each size) in my repair truck so that I can fix them on the
> > roadside. We use Gates and/or Goodyear. In fairness, however, a few
> > of the older units have a V belt for the alternator. They fail as
> > well. Don't know which type of belt fails more frequently, but they
> > both fail with regularity. Now if we changed them at every annual
> > condition inspection, however..... Paul Conner

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