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Old 09-23-2014, 03:14 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Not only that, Oil Pan, but when running two V-belts they may be on opposite sides of the engine. The net stress on the front of the engine would be a small moment torque from the fore-aft displacement of this belt vs. that belt, while the tensions more or less cancel each other out.
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