Gary Lewis Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 My local Napa claims to be able to order matched sets. Not sure what brand, but I'm going to take a chance come payday since the old belts on mine now are cracking and not matched. F250 SuperCab 2wd 460 with factory AC Please let us know how it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRittaler Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Please let us know how it works out. Well, I went to my local NAPA on payday and asked for a matched set for the power steering. I ended up with 2 individual Napa brand 15543 belts that were different lot codes and dates. Took a chance since they're so cheap. Put them on today and for me it's close enough. If there is a difference in tension it's subtle. My old belts were leaps and bounds worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Well, I went to my local NAPA on payday and asked for a matched set for the power steering. I ended up with 2 individual Napa brand 15543 belts that were different lot codes and dates. Took a chance since they're so cheap. Put them on today and for me it's close enough. If there is a difference in tension it's subtle. My old belts were leaps and bounds worse. Glad it worked. It is really the luck of the draw, and you got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Glad it worked. It is really the luck of the draw, and you got lucky. Maybe they went in the back with with a belt gauge and chose the two closest? 'Matched pair' doesn't necessarily mean sequential. It means matched for circumference. And it seems like that's what you got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRittaler Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Maybe they went in the back with with a belt gauge and chose the two closest? 'Matched pair' doesn't necessarily mean sequential. It means matched for circumference. And it seems like that's what you got. I actually specifically asked if they had a belt measurement apparatus, they said they had a tape measure lol. The guy might have measured, I'm not sure, they left to a different building for probably 10 minutes. The person at the parts desk said the belts were in the other building and we not yet organized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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