ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea hana ma hope o ka US e hoʻohana i kahi ʻōnaehana ana ʻōlelo Pelekane, kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai ka lōʻihi i ka hapaʻumi o ka ʻīniha, akā ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kūlana ʻoihana honua ma ke ana metric. Ua kapa ʻia kēia helu metric i kekahi manawa he helu “PK”, a loaʻa ma ka hapa nui o nā kāʻei me ka helu ʻāpana kahiko o ka mea hana. Aia nā helu PK i ʻekolu ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻike ʻike.
No ka laʻana, ʻo "6PK1200" ka helu PK i loaʻa ma ke kāʻei serpentine OEM. Hōʻike ka huahelu mua i kahi kāʻei iwi ʻeono, a ukali ʻia e "P" no ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o ke kāʻei metric, a ʻo ka "K" e hōʻike ana ua kūlike kēia kāʻei me ka maʻamau SAE no ka nui iwi ʻaoʻao (3.56 millimeters ākea no nā kāʻei serpentine ʻano automotive). ʻO ka pūʻulu hope o nā helu ka lōʻihi kūpono o ke kāʻei, hāʻawi ʻia i nā millimeters.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka helu PK ma ke ʻano he hoʻololi inā pau ka helu ʻāpana kikoʻī o ka mea hana, nalo kekahi ʻāpana o ke kāʻei a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka helu o ka mea hana ma kāu palapala.
Ana mākou i ka hapa nui o nā kāʻei a puni ko lākou pōʻai waho (A-, B- a me C-series V-kāʻei helu ʻia e like me ko lākou INSIDE pōʻai, a ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i kēia lula), a ma ka awelika, ʻo ke anapuni waho o kahi serpentine. ʻO ke kāʻei ma kahi o 14 millimeter ka nui ma mua o ka lōʻihi kūpono i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka helu PK. ʻO kā mākou kāʻei 6PK1200 he ʻewalu iwiʻaoʻao a he 1,214 millimeters a i ʻole 47.79 ʻīniha ke anapuni waho. ʻO ka nānā wikiwiki ʻana i ka papa inoa holomua holomua o ka kāʻei kāʻei e hāʻawi i nā mea loea i nā ʻāpana helu kokoke loa i kā lākou mōhai huahana. E makaʻala ʻaʻole e haʻalele loa i ka nui i ʻōlelo ʻia, no ka mea, hiki i ke kāʻei ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ke paheʻe a lele paha i kāna mau pulleys, a hiki i nā kāʻei liʻiliʻi ke hoʻohana i ke kāʻei mua i nā mea hoʻokele kāʻei.
I ka noʻonoʻo ʻana hiki i nā kāʻei serpentine ke holo ma nā pulley ʻelua a me ka maʻalahi, hiki i nā helu ke pau i ke kāʻei i ka wā lōʻihi, a ʻo ke ana pololei wale nō ke koho no ke kāʻei ʻike ʻole ʻia. Hiki ke kōkua ʻia kahi lipine ana lole (e like me nā mea i loaʻa i loko o kahi pahu humuhumu) i ke ana pololei. He ʻoʻoleʻa loa nā ana lipine metala a me nā lula no ka lawe ʻana i nā ana pololei, a ʻo ke ana ʻana i ke kāʻei a i ʻole ke kāʻei kāʻei me kahi ʻāpana kaula hiki ke hopena i nā ana pololei ʻole ma muli o ke kikoo ʻana o nā kaula o ke kaula.