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Old 11-25-2002, 01:44 PM
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Exclamation Driving Belt Torque?!

Just went to NAPA to get a new ps/driving belt because my old one was starting to crack and made squeaks when just starting. The repair manual says to torque the belt to 143-176 lb using a tension gauge (if I'm reading it correctly)...there's the problem. 1. I don't own a tension gauge, 2. I don't even know what one would look like if I saw it, 3. The guy from NAPA said I didn't NEED TO torque the belt. So I ask you, does a tension gauge exist? what does it look like? do I need it? if so, where can I get one? I'm looking to do the belt today, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. Could this tension be the torque of the slider bolt that adjusts the belt and not of the belt itself?
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Old 11-25-2002, 07:06 PM
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The only tension or compression gage that I ever heard of is a strain gage. And you cannot put a strain gage on a belt. Are you sur that it is not a torque wrench that they are (143-176 ft-lbs. not lbs) that they are refering to?

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