Vortech idler pulleys seizing and belts breaking

[nonicname]

what company in their right mind uses such tight tolerances between a moving the belt and the tube! not only do they sell an affordable fan with a pulley for a ridiculous price but on top of that it's not well engineered!

Sucks for the people with this kit but this is exactly why I wait soooo long to buy mine. No Beta testing for me!

[DJCarbine]

http://sw.bearing-news.com/ntn-fake-...t-of-jianying/
http://www.ntn.co.jp/english/news/ne...201000071.html
http://www.stopfakebearings.com/

Apparently there is/was a huge bearing counterfeit problem... with police raids on factories etc. and documented cases of failure analysis which concluded the prematurely failed bearings were not genuine

There is an entire global counterfeit bearing issue... that's absolutely ridiculous when you think about it

That doesn't mean that this is what happened, but its kind of crazy when you realize people are bootlegging bearings for profit

[charged86]

@cb7tuner @F1point4 @DJCarbine @Pete @Dezoris @nelsmar
@tg 1981 @Foobar @ft86me @Adeets

Had a brain fart what if we were to replace all the smooth sided pulleys and replaced with 6 ribbed pulleys on our kits and got another gates belt that is ribbed on both sides. This fix our rubbing or pulley seizing but would aid to keep those pulleys from wiggling and belts jumping off line

[F1point4]

Originally Posted by charged86

Had a brain fart what if we were to replace all the smooth sided pulleys and replaced with 6 ribbed pulleys on our kits and got another gates belt that is ribbed on both sides. This fix our rubbing or pulley seizing but would aid to keep those pulleys from wiggling and belts jumping off line

It's not a bad idea, but isn't a double ribbed belt thicker? may reduce the already thin clearance between the blower pulley and the intake pipe

[charged86]

Originally Posted by F1point4

It's not a bad idea, but isn't a double ribbed belt thicker? may reduce the already thin clearance between the blower pulley and the intake pipe

also switching to the smaller boost pulley should allow more room on the right side of the intake pipe

well our length for the original 9psi pulley is 98 and 1/8 in diameter 13/16 wide
K060975 ............................... 98 1/8 (2492) 13/16 (20) 40

[Deepseadiver]

No rubbing on my pipe, small indent on the hood insulation, lots of clearance! Still have that ringing that I have not been able to find.

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by F1point4

Here is the extra belt I keep in the boot for the vortech kit. These pics may be a bit overkill


20130709-VortechReplacementBelt-002 by VictorN07, on Flickr


20130709-VortechReplacementBelt-007 by VictorN07, on Flickr


20130709-VortechReplacementBelt-012 by VictorN07, on Flickr





What is the part number for the blue belt?

K060975RB

[F1point4]

Originally Posted by Dezoris

K060975RB

Well that was anticlimatic :p

Thanks for the information good sir

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by F1point4

Well that was anticlimatic :p

Thanks for the information good sir

haha yeah makes too much sense for once. I also talked to a gates rep to confirm this.

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by charged86

@cb7tuner @F1point4 @DJCarbine @Pete @Dezoris @nelsmar
@tg 1981 @Foobar @ft86me @Adeets

Had a brain fart what if we were to replace all the smooth sided pulleys and replaced with 6 ribbed pulleys on our kits and got another gates belt that is ribbed on both sides. This fix our rubbing or pulley seizing but would aid to keep those pulleys from wiggling and belts jumping off line

Don't want to over complicate the issue just yet. Gonna replace suspect pulleys, replace tubes re-align and keep and eye on it for now.

My guess is there will some updates to the intake tube and documentation following all of our recent posts etc.

[bcj]

Originally Posted by F1point4

It's not a bad idea, but isn't a double ribbed belt thicker? may reduce the already thin clearance between the blower pulley and the intake pipe

Higher rotating mass as well. Slower spooling.

[ft86me]

Originally Posted by Dezoris

K060975RB

so i just looked at it. maybe i'll get it haha itll match my cusco shit haha. this should fit right?

[ft86me]

Originally Posted by F1point4

Here is the extra belt I keep in the boot for the vortech kit. These pics may be a bit overkill


20130709-VortechReplacementBelt-002 by VictorN07, on Flickr


20130709-VortechReplacementBelt-007 by VictorN07, on Flickr


20130709-VortechReplacementBelt-012 by VictorN07, on Flickr





What is the part number for the blue belt?

can you or someone do a belt change video when and if you do the change to the blue one?or even a belt change

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by ft86me

so i just looked at it. maybe i'll get it haha itll match my cusco shit haha. this should fit right?

According to gates it fits. Mine shipped tuesday as soon as I get it with new pulley I will post up a video.