Name that screech?

Grief! you live and you learn. Even I've got a can of belt dressing in
my garage.

 

Duffy on the ICE?

 

Yeah, but you're *posh*. And special.

 

I did mine, replaced the water pump and camshaft bearings at the same
time. Not too difficult compared to a 'modern' car. I don't recall going
under the car at all. There are lots of writeups describing special
tools to hold the crank while you undo the bolt, but I just stuck it in
reverse. The beauty of that engine is even if you leave it 'just that
little' too long, you won't destroy the engine unless you're really unlucky.

 

All the In-Circuit Emulators I've used have been silent, even when
they were duff.

 

Aye, I've heard enough of both by now

 

Anvil?

 

WD40 is a lubricant. The belts are driven by friction. You think that
adding a lubricant here is common practise? I would have assumed they
used belt dressing.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, right. Actually, WD is often used on belts to quieten them down. It
soon gets flung off anyway and it doesn't do any damage to any belts that I
know of.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Yeah, right. Actually, WD is often used on belts to quieten them down. It
soon gets flung off anyway and it doesn't do any damage to any belts that I
know of.[/QUOTE]

It tends to dry, and leave the surface of the belt glazed, which causes
even more slippage. Indeed, most of the cause of noise in modern
'poly-V' belts is general muck and grime building up on the surface, and
getting polished to a shiny glaze. Providing the belt is in otherwise
good condition, it'd be better to clean the belt, rather than add more
substance to it (providing you can find something to clean it with).

WD40 is often used as a temporary measure, more to prove a point, but it
rarely lasts long enough now to be of any use as a 'fix. I found it
lasts a matter of minutes with some of the latest belts. The contact
area of modren poly-V belts, and the severe angles they travel around,
means they are under very high stress. The squeal is caused by the
minutest of slippage, which is extremely difficult to repair.

One of the old tricks was to use normal grease, but that was for older
plain 'V' belts.

All of which is just a sign that the belt is fucked anyway, and really
should be replaced.

 

Guess I'll leave you to comment on cowboy garage behaviour.