Anyone have a problem with serpentine belt slipping off?
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Anyone have a problem with serpentine belt slipping off?
I was at California Speedway today running the 2.8 mile course, came in off a session and found that my belt was halfway off, about to slide off. I had driven 160 miles to the track, it was fine, drove a 160 miles home, it was fine. But it wouldn't stay on for a 15 min run around the track. Anyone ever have a problem like that? Has there ever been any documentation of the stock tensioner moving due to lateral g's? I had the alternator off last night putting the prothane motor mounts on, but everything is tight.
I was kinda scared after the fact cause it would really suck if the belt came off @ 145mph going into turn 1.
I was kinda scared after the fact cause it would really suck if the belt came off @ 145mph going into turn 1.
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You can also get a "Larry pulley". It's basically a pulley with a higher lip so the belt doesn't come off, and it's only about $70 from Thunder Racing. It fixed my belt slipping problems, but the Katech tensioner will also remedy this problem.
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My belt flew off once and I didn't want to get stranded so I called Thunder ordered a Katech and went to the nearest auto parts store and grabbed a gatorback belt. Haven't had an issues since (it was 2 + years ago).