Saintly Fish Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 My belts snapped on me yesterday on my way back in. Sea start came out and fitted a single 10 x 1000 belt to enable me to limp home. I did have two spares but turns out they didn't fit and were 10 x 800's. They were the supposed straight swaps for my engine. So the sea start guy thinks I may have an upgraded alternator. Now, needing two belts to run the engine safely I need to purchase 3 more (that'll give me a couple of spares), but are all 10 x 1000 belts the same or is there a difference in teeth shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Are the belts toothed to fit toothed wheels, or are the belt teeth just to make a "V" belt more flexible. If the wheels are just a "V" groove then it does not matter, but if the belts engage with the wheel "cogs" obviously the tooth pitch is important. I would expect that the wheels are just plain "V" so any 10x1000 should be ok. I do not know if there is a difference in flexibilty of V belts Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, JonC said: 119775-77260E but you can get much cheaper belts from a motor factor, especially a specialist belt factor such as Eriks. eriks ? is that the sound you make when you see the price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 hours ago, JonC said: 119775-77260E but you can get much cheaper belts from a motor factor, especially a specialist belt factor such as Eriks. Nice copy and paste!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Geoff said: Are the belts toothed to fit toothed wheels, or are the belt teeth just to make a "V" belt more flexible. If the wheels are just a "V" groove then it does not matter, but if the belts engage with the wheel "cogs" obviously the tooth pitch is important. I would expect that the wheels are just plain "V" so any 10x1000 should be ok. I do not know if there is a difference in flexibilty of V belts Geoff. Thanks Geoff. I'm 99% there are no grooves to fit and all is flat smooth. Thanks for the info. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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