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lost a rib on the serpentine belt

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spederman

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I was driving today and hit boost in 2nd gear. As soon as i got to redline, i hear a wierd sound and start hearing a repetetive ticking. I thought i blew my engine. Luckily i was only a few blocks from home. I pulled in the driveway and the sound bouncing off the house was a loud ticking/knocking. I get out and pop the hood and notice that one of the ribs on my belt is schredding off. So i cut off all of that one shredded rib that i could. I looked at the belt size and the belt that i got with my setup wasnt the right size at all, it was way too big. I think it streched out way too much and is got really loose. I can yank on the belt and it streches a LOT. Its not tight at all like it was before. So my shop is going to put on the right size belt saturday. Question, Can i drive it the way it is, missing a rib and a really loose and strechy belt? If I keep the revs under 2K and drive like a granny, think it will make it a few miles without throwing the belt?
 
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Just put the belt on yourself. I drove 4 miles with no belt with my old engine
 

SaleenGT2001

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i shreaded my belt 3 weeks ago and drove about 3 min home with no belt at all. so, yes you will be fine
 

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You'll be fine to limp it back, just watch to make sure its not overheating, and if you lose brake feel/steering assist pullover and get a tow.
 
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Check to make sure the spacer washer is in the correect location on the vortech bracket. Also make sure the tensioner is still OK. My tensioner would bounce around a lot so I replaced it with the new belt.
 
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