Gilmore Problems

[brendan]

hii all

A Friend has made a gilmore that has been made about 4 years ago he has asked me to come on here and ask has anyone went threw alot of alternator and waterpump bearings? and how often have you went threw them if so?

cheers brendan

[KE ping it real]

Gilmore or Gilmer?

 

If i had a Gilmore drive I'm sure it would be happy :bash:

 

Sorry, Couldn't resist

[the Db king]

hay mate. I'm an auto elecky, and the amount of alt bearings ive had to replace over the years ive lost count.

the trick is to not tighten the belts to tight and make them whistle as much, ( i know they sound sick but they kill)

 

they will last a heap longer without as much tension on them

[Taz_Rx]

yeah back the belt tension off a bit and you should be right.

if not check that the pulleys are actually spinning straight!!

[brendan]

haha thanks everyone ill let him know

 

all i know is that i hear he's gilmore before i hear he's sound system from around the corner...so yeah it must be fairly tight :bash:

[philbey]

A gilmer drive should be running less tension than a bloody V belt - they shouldn't be killing bearings anywhere near as much as a standard drive.

 

If you're tensioning them up too high, you are negating the benifits of putting a Gilmer drive on in the first place :jamie:

Edited November 12, 2008 by philbey

[love ke70]

you mean theres a benefit? :lolcry:

[philbey]

haha yeh good call.

 

If you can hear it, you aint getting the benefit....

[brendan]

whats the benifit of a gilmore?

[philbey]

Toothed belt drives are more efficient than V belts - ie they use less energy to transmit power. BUT, if you overtension it, then you will completely negate the benefits.

 

Notice the only place they use them is on blower drives on Drag cars, where every 1/18th horsepower is critical? That and the fact that they need loads of grunt to turn those blowers at 60 PSI.

[brendan]

ahh cheers mate never new that