Product review (3 stars): Lower End Brazilian made Belt Too Short on Maytag 4000
Brazilian made belt is a lot shorter-see pics. The motor mounts were shot on a Neptune that was almost new- it had sat unused for 12 years, so it turned out the belt was still very good, clunks on tumble were due to motor movement as the old style rubber mounts had rotted. New mounts are perfect
I have a real issue with fitting this new belt-it is considerably shorter and slightly thinner-the old axiom of never putting excessive tight belt strain on bearings-such as on your car alternator, water pump, for example would worry me, especially since the repair manual for the Maytag 4000 recommends about 1 inch of belt deflection.
I have re-used the original Dayco belt-works fine. I think you would need to heat up the shorter belt in hot water perhaps to get it on the pulleys-just have a real issue with it being too tight and a main bearing loading issue.