RockAuto V-Belt Closeouts

[lotzagoodstuff]

Doing a little PM on the Centurion extra-cab and noticed the belts were flopping more than I expected, even after tightening them a bit. RockAuto has some pretty good deals right now on Gates, Dayco and Continental v-belts. I bought two sets of four belts (power steering, vacuum pump, alternator and a/c) for $71 with priority shipping. If you are willing to go to the economy belts, you could save even more, but I wanted to stay with the brands I know/trust, and by the way: made in the USA.

For $35, it's pretty cheap to put brand new belts on your old rig right now. I was going to keep the old ones as spares, but it was cheap enough to keep a brand new set behind the seat.

Just passing this on for anybody who's thinking about a spring tune up on their v-belt IDI.

 

[Cubey]

I put closeout belts on my RV in late 2019, including a heavy duty one for the Alternator, and they seem fine. AC and PS got "standard" ones put on, because they're further out than alternator (less work). I got an "economy" spare for the vac pump.

Heavy duty ALT belt:

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1x Economy vac pump / 2x standard ones for AC and 1x standard for PS+1x spare for Alt or PS, because they use the same belt number 9580 and money was tight so I just got one new spare between the two. Might be adding another belt was gonna drive up shipping or they just lacked anymore closeouts in that size.

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[typ4]

The economy ones dont last with a high amp alt.
I have a bunch of Big A sleeved belts from RockAuto, all gates HD.
Order of preference,
gates
goodyear
dayco
continental

 

[Cubey]

The economy ones dont last with a high amp alt.
I have a bunch of Big A sleeved belts from RockAuto, all gates HD.
Order of preference,
gates
goodyear
dayco
continental

Well the economy vac pump on I got was $1 and didn't add to the shipping cost, so I figured why not. That's the easiest belt to change and an economy belt is better than nothing if you're miles from a parts store.

 

[captain720]

Well the economy vac pump on I got was $1 and didn't add to the shipping cost, so I figured why not. That's the easiest belt to change and an economy belt is better than nothing if you're miles from a parts store.

I always end up carrying old ones as spares, I'd say economy is better than that likely.

 

[Cubey]

I always end up carrying old ones as spares, I'd say economy is better than that likely.

Not the old ones it had. The ones on the engine were probably 20-30 years old. It had even older spares that came with it that were cracked to hell. I had to use one of the rotten old spares after it lost the alternator belt and it got me by a small amount of miles but that was a desperate situation. I threw them away after I got the new replacements and new spares.

 

[Old Goat]

Just flipped the Hood open and cranked the engine around to see the part# I have.

Vacuum Pump
Gates 7320 XL 10A0815

Alternator
Gates 9570 XL 13A1450

Power Steering
Gates 9600 XL 13A1525

These are the Gates Green Stripe.

My AC isn`t hooked up, so no belt on compressor.
I guess they have been on the engine about 7 years.

Goat

 

[typ4]

Well the economy vac pump on I got was $1 and didn't add to the shipping cost, so I figured why not. That's the easiest belt to change and an economy belt is better than nothing if you're miles from a parts store.

I said alt not vac pump, hell it will run on a couple rubber bands.