Arkansas91XJ
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- Arkansas
I'm converting my belt route to the new(er) one. Everything is working great as far as that goes. I'm having issues with the belt. Last week I was working on a 00 4.0, replacing the a/c compressor and we got to the point to place the new belt. It was from O'Reilly's and was a Prestone belt in a Master Pro box (weird DC screw up) Anyway, the number was crossed and was the right belt (95 inch), so we tried to put it on. It seemed like it was just a tad too short, tensioner was bottomed out, not touching the belt, and it wasn't going on. We just assumed that Prestone sucked and we took it back and used her old one, Gatorback 95inch. Fit great.
Now to mine, I've got everything back together. Putting the belt on, from O'Reilly's, Gates K060950. (O'Reilly's belt route is WRONG btw, it's for a damn WJ or TJ or something) so after I figure out the way the belt needs to go, I start cranking, and it seems like the belt is just too short again. We manage to get it on sort of, it just needs to go one more little bitty groove. I give up, no belt should be that hard to get on, so in the process of getting the damn thing off, wound up taking a chunk outta my brand new PS pulley before cutting it. Tried my old one from my 91 route, 97.5 inch belt. Way too frikin long. Are the new belts that hard to get on and they stretch or something, has anyone else had probs getting O'Reilly's belts on?:bs:
Now to mine, I've got everything back together. Putting the belt on, from O'Reilly's, Gates K060950. (O'Reilly's belt route is WRONG btw, it's for a damn WJ or TJ or something) so after I figure out the way the belt needs to go, I start cranking, and it seems like the belt is just too short again. We manage to get it on sort of, it just needs to go one more little bitty groove. I give up, no belt should be that hard to get on, so in the process of getting the damn thing off, wound up taking a chunk outta my brand new PS pulley before cutting it. Tried my old one from my 91 route, 97.5 inch belt. Way too frikin long. Are the new belts that hard to get on and they stretch or something, has anyone else had probs getting O'Reilly's belts on?:bs: