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Jeff/Illinois · 03-11-2021, 08:58 PM

38Bill...

I was in the garage today and my fan belt on the '36 PU had about 1 and 1/8th inch deflection at the half way point of the belt.

I snugged it up, knowing about not being too tight, and now it has just shy of an inch maybe 7/8ths inch.

It seemed before that my ammeter was bouncing just a wee bit at idle and I was concerned the belt was slipping a tad bit.

I was brought up to make sure they were about 1 inch of deflection.

Is this too tight now??

03-11-2021, 08:58 PM	#8
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3,001	Re: Fan Belt Tension Adjuster.... 38Bill... I was in the garage today and my fan belt on the '36 PU had about 1 and 1/8th inch deflection at the half way point of the belt. I snugged it up, knowing about not being too tight, and now it has just shy of an inch maybe 7/8ths inch. It seemed before that my ammeter was bouncing just a wee bit at idle and I was concerned the belt was slipping a tad bit. I was brought up to make sure they were about 1 inch of deflection. Is this too tight now??