Need Some Help With My Belt

MikeH686

Mine is only two inches though.
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So ive been chasing my tail on this issue for a week now but my belt squals like a mofo. Its all new underdrive pullies new belt tensioner pulley. At first i thought it was the alternator bearings or something when i removed the alternator it made a terrible squeal noise so replaced that and the squealing is still there now my belt routing is unconventional because i flipped the tensioner to where it pushes out to tension the belt.

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Heres a picture of how i routed it. If someone could tell me what im doing wrong i do know between the crank and alternator i have some slop when its running.
 
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Heres a actual picture and not a link sorry.
 

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Why do you have two tensioners on there? You could clean it up by removing the factory style tensioner and using a standard rotation water pump. That way, you just have 3 pulleys and you adjust the tension with the turnbuckle on the alternator.
 
Heres a picture of how i routed it. If someone could tell me what im doing wrong i do know between the crank and alternator i have some slop when its running.

There's nothing wrong with the routing of your belt but I suspect that there isn't enough belt tension. You might wanna relocate your tensioner as per this diagram:

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I tried that routing years ago, March made the kit to put the factory tensioner on the drivers side. I had the same issue...squeeled like a pig since the belt was never tight enough.

Is this a daily driver?



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Yeah daily driver and i did it this way because one i dont wanna change out my water pump and two i had the extra tensioner for more belt wrap there was a write up a couple years ago on corral that i went with he used a 59.25" belt that squealed bad and then i dropped it down to 57" and still squeals i wonder if i should take it off and add a standard pulley and use the march kit
 
So does anyone know of a standard pulley i can use in place of the tensioner i have. I want to get good belt wrap but all the brackets like the a/c elimination bracket bolts to tje power steering pump and i have neither
 
you can buy a March or knockoff alternator bracket that has a threaded rod to adjust the belt manually. Perhaps that will solve the issue.

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You also should check the pulleys for built up gunk that can cause the belt to slip.