What has happened in recent years to vbelt sizes? All my life the size was easy to understand until the last few years. A 4L320 belt was a 1/2" wide A belt 32" long. 4L was to me 4/8" wide or 1/2 " wide. 5L was 5/8" wide or a B belt and so on. The next 2 digits, for example here, 32 was the length or outside circumference.
Now they designate them as A32, Which logically to me would be an A belt, 1/2" wide and 32" long. But NO its 34" long! Why on earth is an A32 actually 34" long? You want an A30 to get one 32" long! You go to buy a belt and you have to know how old the belt is as to how its labeled. Makes zero sense to me. Can anyone enlighten me? Maybe its this new math.
Now they designate them as A32, Which logically to me would be an A belt, 1/2" wide and 32" long. But NO its 34" long! Why on earth is an A32 actually 34" long? You want an A30 to get one 32" long! You go to buy a belt and you have to know how old the belt is as to how its labeled. Makes zero sense to me. Can anyone enlighten me? Maybe its this new math.