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Belt tensioning
Posted by Bill S. [Email] (more from Bill S.) on Fri, 4 Jan 2013 14:20:37
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Has anyone experienced a condition where they can't get enough "throw" on the tensioner for the alternator belts? The belts were squealing in a '91 900S, and tensioning the belts didn't seem to help. I replaced the alternator mount bushings and also put in new belts. It was ok at first, but soon the belts started squealing again.
I tried re-tensioning the belts, but now I'm at the limit of the tensioner (on the alternator support arm), the belts aren't really tight, and still squeal.
Incidentally, I marked the crankshaft pulley to make sure it wasn't what was slipping (the well-known separation problem). The real problem seems to be that I can't get the belts tight, but I can't figure out why. I checked the belt part/size numbers and they seem to be right (10x990).
Something must be wrong somewhere. Is it possible someone interchanged some parts somewhere? I'm not aware of any differences/incompatibilities.
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