Serpentine Belt

[Dare2Dream]

I'm on my sixth fan belt which I replaced last July. My first five belts were the stock Isuzu belt, ~$18-25. For my last belt I decided to try the Dayco Poly Rib belt since I was getting spark plugs at Advance Auto.

As the name suggests, it's not molded rubber ribs and grooves like all the others. When new, the grooves are just slight indentations. In just minutes it molds the ribs and grooves to your pulleys. So if anything is bent or out of line, it won't make any noise and allegedly runs quieter and cooler than other belts. The poly material will not crack like rubber belts. It was ~$30.

This is when new in July-


This is now after 19,000 miles-


Both sides of the belt look really good with no cracking. If ya wanna give it a try, Dayco #5060900.

BTW, it's not a bad idea to keep your old one in the VX as a spare.

Mark Griffin

Thanks Mark, looks very nice and the quieter/cooler feature sounds good! A couple of year back, the Gatorback belt was quite popular, is that not the case anymore?

Also, Ldub, the diagram you posted in the initial thread is not showing:

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...erpentine+belt

[Ldub]

Also, Ldub, the diagram you posted in the initial thread is not showing:

Thanx for the heads up...

I done fixeded it....

FWIW, I still find the gatorback belt to be VERY fasionable...

[JNUVX]

So I got the VX back today..i'll try and post a picture of the old fan bracket. The serp belt looks good, and all pulleys are aligned. However, (when I test drove the vx on sunday approx 2mi to see how it was driving after they put the old bracket back on. I noticed strong vibration around 3500 rpms). Now that the bracket has been replaced, vibration is virtually zero while driving. When I am stopped and in gear there is annoying vibration. When I am in park or in in neutral, the vibration is very low frequency and not as noticeable. I searched the forums..and have come up with the maybe the motor mounts need to be replaced? I have also looked at the engine while running, and it seems to be moving a little more than usual...i'm a bit worried and i'm going to keep driving the smartcar until i can get this durn thing resolved 100 percent. Help is very much appreciated..