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Post #259,113 by folkert 6/15/06 10:05:52 PM Reply	HELL == Serpentine Belts == Heaven Yes, it is true. I would Love to be the first person to cut off all serpentine belt from every engine ever produced with them. But, I'd step over the chance to do that to Kill the sunnombiatch that invented V-Belts. I love Serpentines for the "flattening" of the front of the engine. I HATE CHANGING THEM. I Love V-Belts when it comes to changing them. But I hate the basic tennents of how they work and do not like the failure prone design. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #259,118 by boxley 6/15/06 10:48:07 PM Reply	can you say single point of failure :-) Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #259,122 by folkert 6/16/06 12:08:54 AM Reply	Yeah, but they make them a whole... helluva lot stronger and they typically have 3 times the gripping strength for an equivalently wide v-belt, and typically have less tension than the said v-belt(s), plus they are typically able to "right" themselves if something like a finger gets in the way. Onlything that would grip better, a cog and toothed belts. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #259,144 by tonytib 6/16/06 11:56:53 AM Reply	Wait about 30 years and you'll get your wish as cars go to 42V electrical, most or all of the engine belt driven accessories (A/C, etc) will be driven by electric motors instead -- at least, that's what the 42V proponents say. And, most likely it will happen (for one, because it's more efficient), but it will take a long to happen. --Tony

More car questions - (bionerd) - (16) - June 15, 2006, 11:42:17 AM EDT

you should ask to be kissed - (boxley) - (4) - June 15, 2006, 12:09:08 PM EDT

Got one without asking - (bionerd) - (3) - June 15, 2006, 05:09:50 PM EDT

Good! - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 15, 2006, 05:42:20 PM EDT

Hey! I resemble that remark! - (jbrabeck) - (1) - June 15, 2006, 06:02:40 PM EDT

:-) -NT - (imqwerky) - June 15, 2006, 09:20:21 PM EDT

Unless you REALLY trust this mechanic... - (jbrabeck) - (9) - June 15, 2006, 12:51:36 PM EDT

Nit - (drewk) - June 15, 2006, 04:28:26 PM EDT

Brakes can be really hard work - (pwhysall) - June 15, 2006, 04:56:35 PM EDT

I agree with Peter. - (Another Scott) - (5) - June 15, 2006, 05:51:37 PM EDT

Serpentines are nightmares on newer cars. - (admin) - (4) - June 15, 2006, 09:23:49 PM EDT

HELL == Serpentine Belts == Heaven - (folkert) - (3) - June 15, 2006, 10:05:52 PM EDT

can you say single point of failure :-) -NT - (boxley) - (1) - June 15, 2006, 10:48:07 PM EDT

Yeah, but they make them a whole... - (folkert) - June 16, 2006, 12:08:54 AM EDT

Wait about 30 years and you'll get your wish - (tonytib) - June 16, 2006, 11:56:53 AM EDT

C'mon - (bionerd) - June 15, 2006, 08:02:32 PM EDT

He should at least take you to dinner first -NT - (Silverlock) - June 15, 2006, 04:37:03 PM EDT

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