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ZPIracing · 02-06-2007, 01:40 AM

crank pulleys are different. The Yaris runs a single accesory belt the xB/xA runs a dual. You would not want to run an xB pulley even though it may bolt on the balance is wrong.

Yaris TTE JWRC · 02-06-2007, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ZPIracing

crank pulleys are different. The Yaris runs a single accesory belt the xB/xA runs a dual. You would not want to run an xB pulley even though it may bolt on the balance is wrong.

Do you see what i have been telling you people? there is the prove.

eTiMaGo · 02-06-2007, 02:34 AM

You're both rigtht and wrong, the Yaris uses a timing CHAIN (which connects the crankshaft to the camshafts), and a single accessory BELT which connects the crankshaft to the alternator, air conditioning compressor, etc. You don't see the timing chain from the outside of the engine as it has a cover on top of it.

Yes, it's a lot of semantics, different words for more or less the same thing, easy to get confused.

The echo and xA/xB use two accessory belts as they have a traditional pump based power steering system, while the Yaris' is electric, meaning the extra belt is not needed. Which is why aftermarket Scion pulleys CAN fit on the Yaris, but they'll have an extra groove for that second accessory belt, which is more or less useless.

Anyway this thread is starting to turn a little too nasty, I think we now all need a timeout to re-read what everyone wrote and try to understand each other a little better, OK?

Yaris TTE WRC is trying to help and share his experiences, but his choice of words is not always quite so helpful!

ChinoCharles · 02-06-2007, 03:11 AM

Yarii have electric power steering... unusual.

spkrman · 02-06-2007, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

Yarii have electric power steering... unusual.

hopefully you already knew that :)

its one of my fav things about the car.

vodkalush · 02-06-2007, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by spkrman

hopefully you already knew that :)

its one of my fav things about the car.

ditto

ChinoCharles · 02-06-2007, 01:20 PM

I only found it out during the NST GB. For a second I thought the car had no power steering, like a Festiva.

02-06-2007, 02:34 AM	#3
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	You're both rigtht and wrong, the Yaris uses a timing CHAIN (which connects the crankshaft to the camshafts), and a single accessory BELT which connects the crankshaft to the alternator, air conditioning compressor, etc. You don't see the timing chain from the outside of the engine as it has a cover on top of it. Yes, it's a lot of semantics, different words for more or less the same thing, easy to get confused. The echo and xA/xB use two accessory belts as they have a traditional pump based power steering system, while the Yaris' is electric, meaning the extra belt is not needed. Which is why aftermarket Scion pulleys CAN fit on the Yaris, but they'll have an extra groove for that second accessory belt, which is more or less useless. Anyway this thread is starting to turn a little too nasty, I think we now all need a timeout to re-read what everyone wrote and try to understand each other a little better, OK? Yaris TTE WRC is trying to help and share his experiences, but his choice of words is not always quite so helpful! __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

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02-06-2007, 01:40 AM	#1
ZPIracing Drives: Scions Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 55	crank pulleys are different. The Yaris runs a single accesory belt the xB/xA runs a dual. You would not want to run an xB pulley even though it may bolt on the balance is wrong.

02-06-2007, 03:11 AM	#4
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	Yarii have electric power steering... unusual.

02-06-2007, 01:20 PM	#7
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	I only found it out during the NST GB. For a second I thought the car had no power steering, like a Festiva.