jt76

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The other night on my way home, just driving normally on the expressway i noticed i lost my power steering .... pull over to the side of the road, sure enough my belt looked like strands of spaghetti. For the first 700 miles never had an issue, plenty of wot pulls etc. I have the spoolin' performance alt relocation brackets so i doubt alignment is the issue... the belt went on VERY tight (even with the tensioner all the way depressed i still had to use a flathead to pry it over the pulley), i just switched to a size larger belt and was able to get it on normally. Could the tight belt have just crapped out or is there something else afoot?

TurboZ28408

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did you swap out the smooth pulley into the tensioner or are you still using the ribbed pulley on ther e?

jt76

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No, still have ribbed pulley on tensioner. I don't see how a smooth pulley on the tensioner would even work?

Ryanbgb22

I think I have the same alt relocation bracket as you. The tensioner pulley ribs ride on the back side (smooth side) of the belt, and it slowly eats away at it, this is happening to mine really bad too. I've been wondering about this myself...aparrently people change out the ribbed pulley with a smooth one.

jt76

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Mine doesn't ride on the back side, it rides on the tensioner like it normally would, maybe its because i have the iron block version? Replaced it with a larger belt, started it, everything is straight as an arrow, no squeal etc. Im thinking it was simply too tight?

JRENIGAR

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Too tight of a setup will do just that. I had the same problem with my blower belt when it was 1/2 in too short...

TurboZ28408

iTrader: (18)

this is correct, its supposed to ride on the smooth side of the belt with the smooth pulley ( off your old idler). however given your belt choice you could run it the other way i guess.