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Standard alternator belt size too long
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<blockquote data-quote="rlepecha" data-source="post: 589629" data-attributes="member: 19679"><p>I have also noticed the new optibelts are slightly undersized in width which would be part of your problem Sparky..</p><p></p><p>I'm now using a premium branded(Dunlop in my case) SPA907 belt, it's slightly wider than the VW spec belt at 13mm but shims up pretty much perfect on my engine.</p><p>They're about £6 each on eBay, make sure you get a premium quality one (blue for Dunlop). The cheap ones (yellow dunlops) can have a bit of an inconsistent profile which causes the belt to go slack-tight-slack-tight as it rotates. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Won't fix the OP's issue with the belt looking massively oversized, a SPA900 or whatevers the nearest size to that may be about right..</p><p></p><p>Sent from my Swift 2 using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlepecha, post: 589629, member: 19679"] I have also noticed the new optibelts are slightly undersized in width which would be part of your problem Sparky.. I'm now using a premium branded(Dunlop in my case) SPA907 belt, it's slightly wider than the VW spec belt at 13mm but shims up pretty much perfect on my engine. They're about £6 each on eBay, make sure you get a premium quality one (blue for Dunlop). The cheap ones (yellow dunlops) can have a bit of an inconsistent profile which causes the belt to go slack-tight-slack-tight as it rotates. Won't fix the OP's issue with the belt looking massively oversized, a SPA900 or whatevers the nearest size to that may be about right.. Sent from my Swift 2 using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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