Dragnous
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- Nov 29, 2014
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Clearwater,
Florida
Sorry if i missed another topic about this I did search but wanted to go more into detail of what iv done and what is happening.
First thing when I bought the car the belts did not look too bad so i drove using them.. after about a month the Alternator Belt starting to wine and screech till one day it just destroyed itself. Replaced with new one.. at this point i noticed the screw holes on the alternator adjust where stripped and not tighten down.. Fixed that! Now i still have had wining and been trying to find the right tension for some time now..
Yesterday I got stuck and had to be jumped as it would seem alternator wasn't tight enough to charge battery properly. So i got the belt pretty tight but with some flex still. Today the belt went poof again.
Thinking from running with too loose of a belt and maybe too tight just killed it.. Thoughts?
I checked for play in the pully on alternator and pretty solid. Edit: Also checked that the alternator pully spins nice with little effort. Also the Harmonic Balancer seems pretty solid as well no wiggle.
First thing when I bought the car the belts did not look too bad so i drove using them.. after about a month the Alternator Belt starting to wine and screech till one day it just destroyed itself. Replaced with new one.. at this point i noticed the screw holes on the alternator adjust where stripped and not tighten down.. Fixed that! Now i still have had wining and been trying to find the right tension for some time now..
Yesterday I got stuck and had to be jumped as it would seem alternator wasn't tight enough to charge battery properly. So i got the belt pretty tight but with some flex still. Today the belt went poof again.
Thinking from running with too loose of a belt and maybe too tight just killed it.. Thoughts?
I checked for play in the pully on alternator and pretty solid. Edit: Also checked that the alternator pully spins nice with little effort. Also the Harmonic Balancer seems pretty solid as well no wiggle.
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