Anybody know what this magical formula consist of? Seems any petroleum based product would soften rubber to keep a belt from slipping temporarily.
My experience has been that belt dressing and the belts being made today aren't a good mix. The belt may grab better but the belts often get noisy (sometimes very noisy) and before you replace the belt you need to clean any dressing off the pulleys or the same could happen to your nice new belt.
If the pulleys are aligned and in good condition, and the belt is tensioned properly, there is no need for belt dressing. Maybe see if you can fix the problem, instead of trying snake oil?
Do a search, I asked last year. I found some made by Boman..I can't read all the ingrediates as can has battle scars..Really sticky slimmy stuff, alcohol will almost get it off fingers...
There are millions of cars on the road without it and they don't seem to need it. I think it is a hold over from the old days and am surprised anybody uses it today.
If the pulley are aligned and the belt is old and not glazed no need I see it a lot where a belt was loose for a long time and glazed the pulleys causing noise It’s not permanent but a bar or soap or crayon on a belt gets rid of noise and don’t make a ****-tastic mess of the pulleys etc.
I've only ever used it on flat belts(think ag or industrial equipment), worked good there. Never needed it on V belts...
Belt dressing was original designed for flat leather belts, because of their smooth design they needed it. It was often seen on machinery and walking shafts and flat belts on T models. But like Jim and WBRW32 said if everything is in proper alignment you don't need it.
I used soap to stop belts from squealing in the past (back in the 1900's) right or wrong it works. just hold a bar of soap on the moving belt for a couple of seconds until the noise goes away. Like Jim said this is not a subs***ute for improperly adjusted belts. It does help Identify which belt is noisy though
The V channel that the belts ride get a layer of skunge buildup. A wire wheel to de-glaze pullies will help. Once a belt starts to slip it causes problems. That's why they sell sticky goo, as a quick-fix. Proper tension, no slip, quiet etc. Who'd a thunk it?
Ivory Snow, you know the soap that floats.it seemed to work the best....probably because that's what Mom would buy.
Tipping a jar of Grandma's Mol***es was the traditional fix for slipping flat leather belts in the farm days of my youth. I like tradition as much as anyone but newer tech with proper set up has sure made life a lot easier in a lot of ways. Ed
I thought this thread was about getting more belt grip? Like in a situation where there is not enough wrap around one or more pulleys and over tightening belt only puts more load on belt and any bearings in the accessory's and front crank main bearing..Indian Head Gasket shellac will work, coca cola syrup, McMaster-Carr 6155k27.
The minimum belt wrap on a pulley with a light loadis 90 degrees any thing more than that requires 120 + to 240 degrees, that's why serpentine belts wrap around so much, think how much wrap is on your crankshaft pulley to drive the alternator water pump and if you have power steering and Air conditioning may be that you don't have enough contact area on your accessories or the crank shaft pulley, and this is everything is in alignment. If you don't have enough contact point or miss alignment it's gonna squeal. We used Coca Cola syrup on the floor of the Astro Dome so we could run Miget races in there many years ago, it tacks up really good.
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