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Back in the old days, we tightened the belt just tight enough so you couldn=
't "hook" your little finger on the cooling fins and NOT rotate the generat=
or against the friction of the drive belt ...Adjust loose and pull on the g=
en...tighten -some- ..hook again ...etc
too tight eats bearings ..too lose squeals
Jim
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On Saturday, September 29, 2018, 4:49:12 PM PDT, BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.=
rr.com> wrote: =20
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I second what Mike says.=C2=A0 Way back when I first got my BJ8 and didn't =
know what I was doing, I installed a new fan felt and got it really tight (=
the way I thought it should be).=C2=A0 Drove 300 miles and the generator be=
arings crapped out.=C2=A0 It took me three days in Washington, DC to find a=
shop that could fix it.
Healey Surgeons sent me a new one, but it wouldn't fit and it's all they ha=
d.=C2=A0 I'm pretty sure it was the tight belt that ruined the bearings -- =
or at least, shortened their life.
=C2=A0
You really only need to get the belt tight enough not to slip on the pulley=
s.
=C2=A0
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
AHCA Delegate at Large
Havelock, NC=C2=A0=20
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael =
Salter
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 4:03 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net; Frank Magnusson
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Adjusting generator belt
=C2=A0
Actually Frank you don't really want the belt too tight.
With the bolts (all 4) loosened a little, pulling up hard on the generator =
body is sufficient.=20
The trick however, is to tighten the slide bolt on the underside of the gen=
erator while you pull up on the generator.=20
M
From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Frank Magnusson=
<fmags@cox.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 2:21:12 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Adjusting generator belt=20
=C2=A0
Hello once again.
Just got my generator back on and cannot seem to get the belt tightened.=C2=
=A0 Thought I used a big pry bar from above, but it keeps hitting the valve=
cover.=C2=A0 Do not think I did it from underneath last time.=C2=A0 Its be=
en awhile and cannot recall.=C2=A0 I really am not *that* old, lol!=C2=A0=
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What do you guys use?
Thanks,
Frank
'65 BJ 8
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<html><head></head><body><div style=3D"font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetic=
a, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style=3D"font-family: Helvetica,=
Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div>Back in the old days, we tighten=
ed the belt just tight enough so you couldn't "hook" your little finger on =
the cooling fins and NOT rotate the generator against the friction of the d=
rive belt ...Adjust loose and pull on the gen...tighten -some- ..hook again=
...etc<br><div><br><div>too tight eats bearings ..too lose squeals<br><div=
><br>Jim<br></div></div></div></div><div></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, September 29, 2018, 4:49:12 PM PDT, BJ8Hea=
leys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
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<div><div id=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071"><div><div class=
=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071WordSection1"><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339=
071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans =
MS";color:#002060;">I second what Mike says. Way back when I fir=
st got my BJ8 and didn't know what I was doing, I installed a new fan felt =
and got it really tight (the way I thought it should be). Drove 300 m=
iles and the generator bearings crapped out. It took me three days in=
Washington, DC to find a shop that could fix it.</span></p><p class=3D"ydp=
c5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family=
:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">Healey Surgeons sent me a new on=
e, but it wouldn't fit and it's all they had. I'm pretty sure it was =
the tight belt that ruined the bearings -- or at least, shortened their lif=
e.</span></p><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;"> &nb=
sp;</span></p><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style=3D=
"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">You=
really only need to get the belt tight enough not to slip on the pulleys.<=
/span></p><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fon=
t-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;"> =
</span></p><div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style=
=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">=
Steve Byers</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri=
", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class=3D"ydpc5=
f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&=
quot;Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">HBJ8L/36666</span><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";col=
or:#002060;"></span></p><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#00=
2060;">BJ8 Registry</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
;Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class=
=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font=
-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">AHCA Delegate at Large</s=
pan><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "=
sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv44243=
39071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic San=
s MS";color:#002060;">Havelock, NC </span><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#00=
2060;"></span></p><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif&quo=
t;;color:#002060;"> </span></p></div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv442433=
9071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans=
MS";color:#002060;"> </span></p><div><div style=3D"border-color=
: rgb(181, 196, 223) currentcolor currentcolor; border-style: solid none no=
ne; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class=3D"ydp=
c5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-fam=
ily:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif"=
;;"> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mi=
chael Salter<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 29, 2018 4:03 PM<br><b>To:=
</b> healeys@autox.team.net; Frank Magnusson<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healey=
s] Adjusting generator belt</span></p></div></div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yi=
v4424339071MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv442433=
9071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial"=
;, "sans-serif";color:black;">Actually Frank you don't really wan=
t the belt too tight.</span></p></div><div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv442433=
9071MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial"=
;, "sans-serif";color:black;">With the bolts (all 4) loosened a l=
ittle, pulling up hard on the generator body is sufficient. </span></p></di=
v><div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-botto=
m:12.0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial", &=
quot;sans-serif";color:black;">The trick however, is to tighten the sl=
ide bolt on the underside of the generator while you pull up on the generat=
or. </span></p></div><div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-ser=
if";color:black;">M</span></p></div><div class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv442433=
9071MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:center;" align=3D"center"><hr width=3D"9=
8%" size=3D"2" align=3D"center"></div><div id=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071x_=
divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><b><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif&quo=
t;;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-famil=
y:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black;"> Healeys <he=
aleys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Frank Magnusson <fmags@cox=
.net><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 29, 2018 2:21:12 PM<br><b>To:<=
/b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Adjusting generator=
belt</span> </p><div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"> =
</p></div></div></div><div><p class=3D"ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal" s=
tyle=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;">Hello once=
again.<br><br>Just got my generator back on and cannot seem to get the bel=
t tightened. Thought I used a big pry bar from above, but it keeps hi=
tting the valve cover. Do not think I did it from underneath last tim=
e. Its been awhile and cannot recall. I really am not *that* ol=
d, lol! <br><br>What do you guys use?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Frank<br>'65 =
BJ 8<br><br><br><br><br></span></p></div></div></div></div>________________=
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