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Anyone Using A Gatorback Belt?

picturethispicturethis Member Posts: 103 ✭✭
edited July 2020 in General Boating Discussions
I have a 7.4 Merc that could use a new serp belt and thought a Gatorback belt would be be less noisey then the stock ribbed belt.   Has anyone used one in thier boat??


I am a new boater with my first boat,  thats why some of my questions seem dumb
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    PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not in my boat but my 7.3 excursion has one.  Will squeak with any other high dollar belt. Used to be good year, continental now.  
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    Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I strongly considered one for a Jeep that I had that would not stop squealing. Ended up being a bad clutch pulley. On my 342 a gates belt worked perfectly, zero noise. 
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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    PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did all idlers and tensioner.  Still squeaked with gates and Saudi belts
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    Black_DiamondBlack_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Belt squeaking can come from a number of things:
    * loose
    * using ‘belt dressing’
    * contamination: oil, coolant, water, rust
    * worn belt
    * worn pulley(s)
    * bad idler
    * misalignment between pulley(s)

    You might be surprised of how off the pulleys can be to one another. Nobody is taking the effort to shim/align on an engine, not to mention the significant work it would take to do it. You just work with the tolerances given and deal with it. 😁

    Past owner of a 2003 342FV
    PC BYC, Holland, MI
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