# Bogus answer to squeeking fan belt puzzler **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [October 21, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-answer-to-squeeking-fan-belt-puzzler/180125 "2021-10-21T15:01:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-answer-to-squeeking-fan-belt-puzzler/180125/15 "2021-10-23T02:57:46Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Yeah but if the metal all around the hole is expanding, wouldn’t it expand into the hole and make it smaller? If that happened a disc of metal would get thicker in the middle when heated. It doesn’t. We had this discussion here about 10 years ago, I think. Yep, 10 years ago: > [@Torpedo tube analogy](https://community.cartalk.com/t/torpedo-tube-analogy/61905/1): > > On the show I heard today you were explaining to “The Chief of the Boat” that his master cylinder heating up was like a heated torpedo tube expanding, and therefore the torpedo would fit looser in the tube. Actually the opposite is true. The heated tube would expand in ALL directions; making the inside diameter of the tube smaller, not larger. The torpedo would fit tighter in the tube, not looser. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-answer-to-squeeking-fan-belt-puzzler/180125)._