# Works-in-a-pinch fan-belt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/works-in-a-pinch-fan-belt/195312 "2024-07-09T22:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/works-in-a-pinch-fan-belt/195312/7 "2024-07-09T23:28:27Z")
In the old day when V-belts were used, many different items could be temporarily substituted: stockings, panty hose, rope, belts, torn rags, cable ties (several to a lot all stung together…), wire, string (strung many times around), Now, with Serpentine Belts so popular, I would be hard pressed to find anything that would stay on the pulleys long enough to be useful… And here is a trip down memory lane… and some of these members are still active… > [@Any recommendations for temporary fix for a broken serpentine belt?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-recommendations-for-temporary-fix-for-a-broken-serpentine-belt/88480): > > I thought I’d heard of someone using an old pair of panty-hose for a temporary fix, once, long ago. Your thoughts? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/works-in-a-pinch-fan-belt/195312)._