How tight should belts be?

[perk]

I'm in the middle of fan clutch job. When I retighten the belts, how can I judge the tightness without special equipment? I should have marked the bolt where the nuts were, but oh well.

Thanks
Perk

 

[John E Davies]

We discussed this just recently:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=16642&highlight=Kricket

Buy a Kricket belt tension tool at NAPA for $10. More info on that link.

John

 

[IdahoDoug]

Someone recently used this and couldn't get it on their V belt properly, if I recall? Recent thread on belts, I think.

DougM

 

[Romer]

The tool does not fit on the V belt because it needs to be between the pulley's, at least thats the problem I had.