more 5kcstq alternator problems

[Devang]

try a gates V-belt from oreilly's... i don't know if you can find one of
those neat where you live but they're lifetime warranty, take the old
broken belt in and get a brand new one, works for me anyway
Devang M
91 100 90k

auditude at neta.com wrote:

> Okay, so I get a better, flush pullley for the 110a alternator I put in
> my '88 5kcstq.  I use the longer assembly bolts so I have
> something to bolt the air shroud to.  I even swap out the bakelite
> pieces so that I can put the shroud on without interference.
>
> I figure out that I can't install the thing because my old belt is too
> short.  So I get a longer belt, by 1".  This is from the local.
> Checker auto chain store.
>
> I get to drive the car again, excited about driving a chipped turbo
> car again, and also reminded of all the little things that are needing
> attention as well.  I had forgotten about them while it sat idle.
>
> I drag raced somebody, and when I shifted hard from 1st to 2nd,
> the alternator belt bails out on me and is found later on the side of
> the road.
>
> Not knowing what really happened, I put another new one on.  Both
> of these came from the same store, that doesn't necessarily cater
> to German or metric cars, although they did have the perfect 50mm
> diameter air duct hose for the alternator duct.  So the belts may
> have the wrong pitch or whatever, or be the wrong thickness.
>
> After putting on the second belt, a friend notices that the belt sits
> kinda high in the pulley, compared to the other two belts.  Aha,
> maybe that's it.  So, I try to get a thinner belt, but they don't have
> on in that length.  Okay.
>
> So, I go home and check the second belt again, only to find it is
> looser than before.  I figure it's stretched, so I tighten it again.
> Maybe the first one stretched too.
>
> So I wash 'er up real nice like the good old days.  I try to drag race
> someone again, and the belt comes off!  What a pain.  I'm winning
> the races, but having to go home under battery power!
>
> Please no flames on the racing, at least not public ones.
>
> The pulley "vee's" seem to be the same as the other ones.  So, I'm
> thinking I need to locate a narrower belt.  Perhaps a German belt
> that is one 1" longer.  That'll be the next thing I try.  German belt,
> drace race.  If the belt stays, I guess that was it.
>
> The belts that pop off display what looks like evidence that they are
> getting twisted and the wrong corner is riding in the pulley.  They
> are found inside out.
>
> I'm pretty sure everything is darn tight when this happens.  I'm now
> an expert, pit crew, type of alternator technician.  I've been
> messing with this stupid thing all weekend.  Last weekend too.
> 109 degree (F) AZ weather and a hot turbo engine compartment
> make for fun in the sun.  Not to mention the parking lot surface
> itself.
>
> I can't imagine what could be hitting the belt and physically
> knocking it off.  I know that the alternator mount is also the engine
> mount, but it moves with the motor, and is bolted solidly to it.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?  I could stop shifting hard, but that's not
> what I'm looking for.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken