Help! Perkins Generator Problem in Atlanta

[Leroy Eckert]

If you can read the bearing number I purchased mine at NAPA, knocked it out and
took a socket and put it back in. The pully itself should be ok. Then the belt
length and I would guess is a V type. Save the burned belt for reference.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Coleman
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:41 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Help! Perkins Generator Problem in Atlanta


Fellow Wanderlodgers,

My 83 FC-35 is on its first roadtrip as I write this. Left NJ on
Tuesday and made it to Atlanta with few mechanical problems.

Until last night. I was at a concert when the 3" dynamo pulley on my
Perkins 12.5 generator ceased up. I smelled the smoke, turned it off,
and watched the belt burn in half on the pulley.

Spent hours running around Atlanta today looking for a new pulley and
bearing. No luck. Nobody seems capable of finding the part number
from 1983. Or a similar pulley that might work.

Heading down to West Palm Beach, FL tonight. Its going to be very hot!

Might anybody know the part number for the small 3" pulley on the
Perkins that you adjust the tension with? If I had that number, I
might have much more success.

You should see how fried the old bearings were!

Any help is appreciated!

Andy
83 FC-35
Spring Lake Heights, NJ





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