Serpentine Belt Lengths

[icanfixall]

I have been reading alot here lately about issues buying the proper length belts. I run a 112 inch Nappa belt on my rig with 7 ribs. I did run a 111 inch belt for some time but... It wont fit under the vacuum pump pulley... Thats not a bad thing either if you have the hydroboost brakes. Your vacuum then is only used for the ac vents and criuse control unless you have a C6 trans.... Hope this helps you guys out... Also the tensioners all have a spec mark on them telling you the belt fits in the spec range... Thanks kinda nice. I bet it will tell us when the belt has stretched past its usefull life....

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

That's a good call on the tensioner indicator marks.

Not many know they are there.

 

[fields_mj]

I'm running a 111 5/8" right now WITH the vacuum pump. It took 3 of us to get it on there the first time, but considering I was at a camp ground in the middle of no where in late November, we made it work. I've had it off and back on since then by myself. The trick is to slide the belt up over the bottom edge of the idler pully last. No lip to mess with, and that's as far away from the other lipped or ribbed pulleys as you can get so it gives you a little more wiggle room to slide it over the edge. The first time I had 2 guys bottme out the tensioner while I slid under the truck where I could get a good hold on the belt and slide it over the Idler pully.

I wasn't able to find a 112" belt at the time. Only 111 and 113 (and one that was 110 5/8 which I left on the shelf).

 

[fields_mj]

Definition: POINT BLANK RANGE ... the spread of distance in the flight of a projectile where the projectile is no more than one-inch above nor more than one-inch below point of aim when crossing line of sight the second time. Meaning, one can hold DEAD ON and be within one-inch of point of aim. The flatter the trajectory, the greater the "point blank range".

I always thought it was how far away I could be and still leave powder burns on my "target"

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

Definition: POINT BLANK RANGE ... the spread of distance in the flight of a projectile where the projectile is no more than one-inch above nor more than one-inch below point of aim when crossing line of sight the second time. Meaning, one can hold DEAD ON and be within one-inch of point of aim. The flatter the trajectory, the greater the "point blank range".

I always thought it was how far away I could be and still leave powder burns on my "target"

I put that there as an example of how Hollywood, the news media, and the police (who of all people should know better) change the true meaning of words and phrases, thus mis-informing the public.

They use the term "point blank" completely out of context and not even close to it's true meaning.