Re: Alternator Belt

[Tom Cutter <tpcutter@xxxxxxx>]

<<I believe the dealer had it tensioned WAY too tight.B  The belt had
flipped
over and the non-ribbed side was against the pulleys.B  >>

I wonder if the dealer installed belt backwards on purpose just to make
it fail?


B  <<Since we were in the back lot of a Chevron 100 miles from the
nearest
dealer, I tensioned the belt for a 90 degree twist mid-way between the
pulleys.
It's been fine for 3,000 miles now. :)B  >>

The twist method seems to work in an emergency, but it is pretty vague
and hard to describe such that a reader can understand and get it right.
B 




Tom Cutter
Yardley, PA
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