Vortech idler pulleys seizing and belts breaking

[charged86]

Originally Posted by Dezoris

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.

I searched gates web site could not find a double sided belt in our length.

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by charged86

I searched gates web site could not find a double sided belt in our length.

Did you look at the green belts with kevlar? Thats what I wanted but does not look like they exist.

[charged86]

Originally Posted by Dezoris

Did you look at the green belts with kevlar? Thats what I wanted but does not look like they exist.

http://www.gates.com/oreilly/PDFs/SizeListings.pdf

I found green stripped v-belts but no 6 rib green

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by charged86

http://www.gates.com/oreilly/PDFs/SizeListings.pdf

I found green stripped v-belts but no 6 rib green

Too bad, it would take a nuclear blast to destroy those green belts. They are used on garbage trucks, 18 wheelers that have more torque than 20 FRS.

[charged86]

Originally Posted by Dezoris

Too bad, it would take a nuclear blast to destroy those green belts. They are used on garbage trucks, 18 wheelers that have more torque than 20 FRS.

hahaha we have a gates 2 inch wide cog belt operation our wire forming machine at work. super hard plastic. cant wait to see your blue rb belt I have one on my 1.8t

[MATTrocity]

does anybody know what could be the issue if my belt is just getting tore up? when I looked inside a lot of the belt shreds were caught up in the back centerish of my compressor. it's only getting tore up on one side of the belt, towards the rear of the car and my friend suggested it could just be the compressor sitting not close enough?

Obviously I need to change the belt so I might as well change the pulley too. does anybody have alternatives? I'm open for smaller pulleys too.

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by charged86

hahaha we have a gates 2 inch wide cog belt operation our wire forming machine at work. super hard plastic. cant wait to see your blue rb belt I have one on my 1.8t

I will post it up after I get it in with the pulley and intake pipe.
Turbowski and I will be dying in the heat doing a belt swap video.

[charged86]

Originally Posted by MATTrocity

does anybody know what could be the issue if my belt is just getting tore up? when I looked inside a lot of the belt shreds were caught up in the back centerish of my compressor. it's only getting tore up on one side of the belt, towards the rear of the car and my friend suggested it could just be the compressor sitting not close enough?

Obviously I need to change the belt so I might as well change the pulley too. does anybody have alternatives? I'm open for smaller pulleys too.

Can you provide pictures

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by MATTrocity

does anybody know what could be the issue if my belt is just getting tore up? when I looked inside a lot of the belt shreds were caught up in the back centerish of my compressor. it's only getting tore up on one side of the belt, towards the rear of the car and my friend suggested it could just be the compressor sitting not close enough?

Obviously I need to change the belt so I might as well change the pulley too. does anybody have alternatives? I'm open for smaller pulleys too.

Take a good hard look at the pulleys for any wear, namely the one in question here. If you can post up some pictures it will help greatly to see anything obvious. How many miles do you have on your kit, did you do the install yourself?

[DJCarbine]

Originally Posted by MATTrocity

does anybody know what could be the issue if my belt is just getting tore up? when I looked inside a lot of the belt shreds were caught up in the back centerish of my compressor. it's only getting tore up on one side of the belt, towards the rear of the car and my friend suggested it could just be the compressor sitting not close enough?

Obviously I need to change the belt so I might as well change the pulley too. does anybody have alternatives? I'm open for smaller pulleys too.

Sounds like a belt alignment issue....

Verify that the pulley below the discharge pipe that goes directly into the throttle body is good, and from there I would doublecheck the supercharger/bracket assembly mounting to make sure it is mounted properly

[Deepseadiver]

Originally Posted by MATTrocity

does anybody know what could be the issue if my belt is just getting tore up? when I looked inside a lot of the belt shreds were caught up in the back centerish of my compressor. it's only getting tore up on one side of the belt, towards the rear of the car and my friend suggested it could just be the compressor sitting not close enough?

Obviously I need to change the belt so I might as well change the pulley too. does anybody have alternatives? I'm open for smaller pulleys too.

We should meet up and compare our kits. I would like to see if we installed every the same way, might be able to figure out what's wrong.

[Mersd]

Replaced my belt this week. No apparent cause.

[MATTrocity]

this is what I pulled out, and the damage of the belt. I didn't get a picture of where it was collecting, I'll try to get that later.

[MATTrocity]

Originally Posted by Deepseadiver

We should meet up and compare our kits. I would like to see if we installed every the same way, might be able to figure out what's wrong.

yeah we definitely should. I definitely rushed mine and that was a huge mistake.