When consulting with customers, abrasives suppliers place a great deal of emphasis on choosing the best abrasive product for the job. To put that product to its best use, however, itâ s just as ...

The Volvo D13 engine is a highly reliable and efficient engine widely used in commercial vehicles. Like all internal combustion engines, it requires proper maintenance to ensure that it runs smoothly ...

Like all things mechanical, the serpentine belt tensioner and idler pulley on C5 engines will eventually wear, develop play, and require replacement. A slight squeaking noise coming from either the ...

The tensioner's bent double-arm design uses two chain wheels or a combination of belt pulleys/flat rollers to compensate for slack in three different areas when a belt or chain is elongated due to ...

The New Generation SM5 universal tension meter measures the Hertz frequency of all belt types, regardless of the belting and tension-member material. The meter provides a belt-frequency reading of 7 ...

The new part number offers superior performance for nearly 3 million vehicles in operation, according to Dayco.

There are a number of advantages to serpentine-belt systems compared to conventional V-belt accessory drives. Serpentine drives require less belt tension due to their larger contact area, which ...

Despite the complexity of modern vehicles, they still use technologies that have been a part of humanity’s toolbox since The Holy Roman Empire. Pulleys are believed to have been used in ancient ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall on certain examples of the Chevy Silverado 1500, Chevrolet Tahoe, and GMC Sierra 1500 due to a problem related to the seat belt ...