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On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 20:16, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Russ Wolfe wrote: > > >On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 10:25, Jim Adney wrote: > > > > > >> > >>Your belt is most likely a beetle belt, which is just a tad longer than a type > >>3 belt. Too bad VW didn't make them the same; it wouldn't have been a hard > >>thing to do. The type 3 size is 9.5 x 1000 La. I'm not sure what the correct US > >>size is, but if they try to sell you a beetle belt, it will not be quite right. > >> > >> > > > >domestic part number is 7395 and put half the shims in the middle of the > >pulley. > > > > > > > Digging up some info from my former life selling auto parts... > > The part number 7395 would be a Gates or Dayco part number. Not sure > what Goodyear's equivalent would be. > > By the way, the part number is translated as follows > > 7- #7 size belt, I forget how wide the sizes were. Common were 7, 8, and > 9, increasing in thickness. > 395- 39.5 inches, which is, uh, 1000mm or 1m. > > The T1 belt is a 7355 according to one parts guide, which would make it > 4 inches shorter in total length. I would have thought the T1 belt to be > much shorter, since the crank pulley is smaller I think the genny is > closer to the crank. > More likely, if the belt is running loose, then someone probably put 7400 belt on, a more common number, but a 1/2" longer. I think the 7 is what is refered to as a 3/8" wide belt, which would be right for 9.5 mm -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~