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Old 02-17-2012, 02:21 PM
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Re: Too much timing belt travel...

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Originally Posted by Conn SVX View Post
Funny as this sounds I was listening to the rhythm it was always the same .components move at different speeds the belt is at the same speed .think of it as a bad link in a bicycle chain it would always clunk in the same spot even though the sprockets go around 4 or 5 times to a chain REV. Hence the clunk or in this case the drift is always the same..
Yup. The rhythm of the noise correlates to the rotational speed of the belt. I.e. one "cronk!" per revolution of the belt. An untrue pulley would "cronk!" multiple times per belt revolution, as all pulleys rotate multiple times per belt revolution...
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