Link belt for fan belt?

[frogpond]

The fan belt on my bx25d is stretched out and needs replacement. Has anyone tried a link belt for this application? I am hoping to avoid having to detach the drive shaft.

 

[JJT]

I used it as a temporary fix on an old Massey, 10 years later it's still doing the job.

 

[frogpond]

Do you remember what brand it was?

 

[metalbender]

Temporary. Highly doubt it would handle the higher rpm on a small tractor. The old Massey was a lower rpm engine. Just a wild guess.

 

[frogpond]

Oh, well. I guess I'll find out how frozen are the 3 bolts holding the shaft on. I have a feeling I'm in for scraped knuckles and bad words.

 

[JJT]

Do you remember what brand it was?

Don't remember the brand, but the color was blue/green.

 

[Peter 315]

Gates makes good fan belts..

 

[Working on Rust]

We used a Fenner drives link belt on a Massey with Perkins engine and a front hydraluic pump for a few years because the pump drive shaft was very hard to remove and of course it was cold and snowing the next day. It seemed to need a lot more travel of the alternator to tighten it than a regular belt but it worked just fine even with a small alternator pulley. After a few hundred hours I started to notice cracks in a few links and we got the pump shaft unstuck and put on a good V belt.

 

[workinonit]

Link belts are like those donut tires you see everyone running around on. If I'm doing it I'll be stranded in 30 mins. Anyone else can run them forever with no issue.

 

[seville009]

Oh, well. I guess I'll find out how frozen are the 3 bolts holding the shaft on. I have a feeling I'm in for scraped knuckles and bad words.

This link came up in a google search; doesn’t seem too bad of a job…..just need patience and penetrating oil

BX25D Fan Belt

Twice in the last year, I've had to tighten the belt on my little guy. I suspect it is wearing out or simply going bad. It has been loose enough where I could grab the cooling fan (yes, engine off!) and easily move it. I've not had any belt squeal or battery charging issues though. But, I think...

www.orangetractortalks.com

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

The fan belt on my bx25d is stretched out and needs replacement. Has anyone tried a link belt for this application? I am hoping to avoid having to detach the drive shaft.

Link belts work just fine. I've used many. Running all day for months on end. How? Belts pulling 55" fans on poultry houses. Link belts are better. One farm has 40 of those fans.

 

[frogpond]

Well, I went ahead with a official Kubota belt replacement. I wish I had gotten a link belt! It wasn't complicated, just really awkward. No part of this job is convenient. Just getting at the fasteners is the most annoying part. I ended up removing the brush guard and the sides of the hood to get at the lower alternator bolt. I did not need to remove the fan cowling or the coolant overflow reservoir. For the drive shaft machine screws, I used an impact driver with a wobble bit from underneath the tractor. Getting the belt around the fan blades was not difficult, at least.

This was the first time the belt needed replacement, at about 1600 hours. I hope the new one will last that long, because I'm sure not looking forward to doing it again. Next time: a link belt, snapped together in place.

 

[4570Man]

I tried it and it was slipping and making it run hot.