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1988 Accord
Alternator belt --- What is the other pulley for? The crankshaft pulley,
the alternator pulley, the ??? pulley. I have a frozen alternator rotor shaft, the belt is no good. I was wanting to cut the belt and take it to a shop. A full charged battery should make it to the shop. Will the car run with no alternator belt? What is mysterious pulley for? TIA, Bill |
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1988 Accord
"Bill & Vernie Bauer" > wrote in
: > Alternator belt --- What is the other pulley for? The crankshaft > pulley, the alternator pulley, the ??? pulley. > > I have a frozen alternator rotor shaft, the belt is no good. I was > wanting to cut the belt and take it to a shop. A full charged battery > should make it to the shop. Will the car run with no alternator belt? > What is mysterious pulley for? > Do you mean the pulley that's run off the same belt as the alternator? That's the water pump. Very, VERY bad idea to drive around with THAT not running. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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Hi Tegger,
I had a good laugh at myself. Talk about being 60 years behind the times! Thanks, Bill "Tegger" > wrote in message ... > "Bill & Vernie Bauer" > wrote in > : > >> Alternator belt --- What is the other pulley for? The crankshaft >> pulley, the alternator pulley, the ??? pulley. >> >> I have a frozen alternator rotor shaft, the belt is no good. I was >> wanting to cut the belt and take it to a shop. A full charged battery >> should make it to the shop. Will the car run with no alternator belt? >> What is mysterious pulley for? >> > > > Do you mean the pulley that's run off the same belt as the alternator? > > That's the water pump. > > Very, VERY bad idea to drive around with THAT not running. > > > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ > www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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1988 Accord
Bill & Vernie Bauer wrote:
> Alternator belt --- What is the other pulley for? The crankshaft pulley, > the alternator pulley, the ??? pulley. you mean the extra set of grooves on the crank pulley? that's for the air conditioning compressor drive. > > I have a frozen alternator rotor shaft, the belt is no good. I was wanting > to cut the belt and take it to a shop. A full charged battery should make > it to the shop. Will the car run with no alternator belt? yes. > What is > mysterious pulley for? see above. |
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1988 Accord
On Feb 16, 7:32 pm, "Bill & Vernie Bauer" >
wrote: > Alternator belt --- What is the other pulley for? The crankshaft pulley, > the alternator pulley, the ??? pulley. > > I have a frozen alternator rotor shaft, the belt is no good. I was wanting > to cut the belt and take it to a shop. A full charged battery should make > it to the shop. Will the car run with no alternator belt? What is > mysterious pulley for? > > TIA, Bill in 86-89 Accords the belt that drives the alternator also drives the water pump. (90s and later Accords the water pump is driven by the timing belt) i suppose you can drive a short distance without the alternator working, though that will wreck your battery But you would not want to drive the car without the water pump working. Some repair shops offer towing for an additional charge. And don't be surprised if the labor cost is too much. Replacing the alternator on a 3rd gen Accord is a pain in the derriere!! |
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On Feb 17, 2:42 pm, Tony Harding > wrote:
> wrote: > > On Feb 16, 7:32 pm, "Bill & Vernie Bauer" > > > wrote: > >> Alternator belt --- What is the other pulley for? The crankshaft pulley, > >> the alternator pulley, the ??? pulley. > > >> I have a frozen alternator rotor shaft, the belt is no good. I was wanting > >> to cut the belt and take it to a shop. A full charged battery should make > >> it to the shop. Will the car run with no alternator belt? What is > >> mysterious pulley for? > > >> TIA, Bill > > > in 86-89 Accords the belt that drives the alternator also drives the > > water pump. (90s and later Accords the water pump is driven by the > > timing belt) > > Oh, crap, not *that* again! Oh yes, the dreaded timing belt again!!! VW had the same design on their 90s models. But using the timing belt to drive other things will only wear it out prematurely. Leave the timing belt alone and it will last atleast 12 years / 150K miles. Other than serving the purpose of forcing the owners to replace the pumps on a 80K miles / 7 years interval, it's a stupid design!! According to US DOT, the average life span of a motor vehicle is about 13 years or 145K miles final. So an average car would probably see this kind of maintenance happens once in its life time. Statistically speaking, that's not too bad. As i write this, my 89 Accord has 245K miles on it and is running on the original engine and transmission, second timing belt and third water pump. But rich folks who drive lease vehicles don't give a f*ck about whether it's a chain or a belt, and all this sh*t. It's the poor working man who drives a 250K+ miles car that has to pay attention. So please do.. cheers |
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1988 Accord
you have a set of teeth, no? well, they are but pieces of bone that are held together by some sort of gum. A timing belt has a similar construction. > Timing belt life has zero to do with what it drives > oh really? it's just like saying the shape of your mouth has zero to do with what you chew you know what? try chewing rocks... haha |
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