Has anyone taken theirs and grinded down the stop so that it has more adjustment? Ever since bypassing my smog pump I haven't been able to run a belt more than 5 months without it squealing. Good idea??
I guess I don't really understand what grinding down that stop would do. there's already an area of adjustment, and I'd think you should be able to find a belt that fits in that area. Perhaps your tensioner is just worn out and is not providing enough tension?
What I did was buy a replacement idler pulley and put it in place of the tensioner pulley. My idler was hitting the stop and knocking, but now I've got over a 1/4" clearance between the tensioner and the stop.
I had to use a smaller washer, but otherwise it was a direct swap. Some parts store are selling ridiculously wide pulleys that won't fit, but the stock size will fit just fine.
I think it depends on if you have a 94 or 95 believe it or not. Mike, check out my thread and link to a pic of my stock idler..it looks nothing like yours and wont work.
I think it depends on if you have a 94 or 95 believe it or not. Mike, check out my thread and link to a pic of my stock idler..it looks nothing like yours and wont work.
I had to grind down the stops on my tensioner.. It gave me a bit more room to run a smaller belt..
I am Vortech Supercharged and the alt. is moved in and messes with the belts postion. Every belt I bought would stretch within 50 miles and rub against itself. I used gates, gator back and napa belts and they all would stretch atleast an inch... so grinding gave me the little bit of give I needed.