<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div>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 generator against the friction of the drive 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>
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On Saturday, September 29, 2018, 4:49:12 PM PDT, BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071"><div><div class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071WordSection1"><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">I second what Mike says. 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). Drove 300 miles 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="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">Healey Surgeons sent me a new one, 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 life.</span></p><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;"> </span></p><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="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="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;"> </span></p><div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">Steve Byers</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">HBJ8L/36666</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">BJ8 Registry</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">AHCA Delegate at Large</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;">Havelock, NC </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"></span></p><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#002060;"> </span></p></div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060;"> </span></p><div><div style="border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) currentcolor currentcolor; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";"> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael 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: [Healeys] Adjusting generator belt</span></p></div></div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:black;">Actually Frank you don't really want the belt too tight.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:black;">With the bolts (all 4) loosened a little, pulling up hard on the generator body is sufficient. </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:black;">The trick however, is to tighten the slide bolt on the underside of the generator while you pull up on the generator. </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:black;">M</span></p></div><div class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center"><hr width="98%" size="2" align="center"></div><div id="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071x_divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black;"> Healeys <healeys-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="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div><div><p class="ydpc5f23ad2yiv4424339071MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Hello once again.<br><br>Just got my generator back on and cannot seem to get the belt tightened. Thought I used a big pry bar from above, but it keeps hitting the valve cover. Do not think I did it from underneath last time. Its been awhile and cannot recall. I really am not *that* old, 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>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/ab7vf@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/ab7vf@yahoo.com</a><br><br></div>
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