Monday, Jul 01, 2013 at 22:43
gbc
Just interested to know if you have replaced your front shocks, possibly the rears too.
I replaced
mine at 5000km with some aftermarket ones off a Mazda. !00% improvement over the original soft, squashy not absorbing, rebounding crap it was supplied with when new.
They look like shockers, feel like shockers, taste like shockers and possibly won't leak but they just don't work.
Re the fan belt stuff, the following as a post from a
forum memeber who changed his belt size.
Quote.
'The solution is to fit a shorter a/c belt (Gates 9412HD, which measures 13A1051mm) My belt now runs from the fan pulley and over the idler to the a/c compressor directly, then back to the fan pulley. It no longer goes around the crankshaft pulley. Using the fan as the drive for the a/c, which intern is being driven from the 7PK alternator belt. The 7PK has plenty of capacity to take the extra drive of the a/c, in fact many manufacturers use a 7PK or similar multi V to drive all the ancillaries hanging off a motor. The shorter 13A belt also appears to run smoother and has less vibration than the longer original belt".
I have new short belt for when
mine squeals.
Cheers
Ross M
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