Fanbelt (Not surf)

[slowdown.harrison@gmail.c]

What would cause screeching fanbelt on starting engine

the rest of the time engines running, itss fine regardless of revs

does that mean alternators
too slack or too tight

or something elses?

[BUSHWHACKER]

What would cause screeching fanbelt on starting engine

the rest of the time engines running, itss fine regardless of revs

does that mean alternators
too slack or too tight

or something elses?

Belts too slack.
It quietens after a couple of revolutions 'cos the friction warms it up and makes it sticky.

[slowdown.harrison@gmail.c]

Thanks

been such a long time since I replaced one let alone anything else,
I'd quite forgotten


Richard

[plumb bob]

It may be that the belt is old, a bit perished, and gone hard, so it slips until friction etc. etc.

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Bob

I pulled up the alternator a bit more this morning
with a bar beneath it, its stopped squeeling on starting but now does it on revving a bit,
so I suspect in line with some other neglect on the vehicle its just been left too long

time for new belt I reckon