I have a stupid home made idler pulley on my Camaro. Same problem, couldn't keep a belt on. I changed *everything* on the front of the engine trying to fix this, new pulleys, water pump, alt, multiple belt brands/sizes, etc. Even switched to the pre 68 alternator setup. The idler problem cured the problem. Silly, I know........ but the belt stays on, even with 7000rpm runs.
"Craig A. Ellis" wrote: > I had an alternator belt throw just last week. But I was at a car show > Wednesday night and saw a very sweet 69 Chevelle with what looked like a wee > little idler pulley or idler wheel installed to keep tension on his alt > belt. Very boffo looking but I'm sure he did not put it on there for looks > alone - the rest of the car was all business. > > Eman > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Krister Meister > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Chevelle-List] 396 Alt/fan belt slipping off - UPDATE > > On 7/29/02 I wrote: > > "Anybody else run into belts slipping off? '66 396, no A/C, PS or PB. New > Goodyear Gatorback P/N 15565 slipped off 5 times in four miles - not fun. > flipped it the other direction - still slipped off. Had proper 1/4" belt > flex tension between fan and alt pulleys. Lee Autoparts system matched belt > with year/motor type. Length and width are the same with Goodyear having a > slightly wider "V" design then the Napa belt that I was replacing. Lee > Autoparts guy gave me full credit on the Goodyear belt - good guy. Now > going back to Napa belt." > > UPDATE: > > Took the Goodyear Gatorback off and put a new Napa belt on and it has been > fine. > > Krister Meister > Bartlett, IL > > '66 SS #'s matching > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Check out my webpage at http://www.ProStreetCar.com and my For Sale page at http://www.ProStreetCar.com/classifieds.html TREMEC Distributor at http://www.5speedTransmissions.com Team Chevelle member #1778 (Gold), ACES member #1377 ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
