Alternator alignment

[Huw Powell]

> Huw,
> This thing has been eating a belt per month, and that includes retightening
> the belt weekly...

What brand belt are you using?  It is typical for "American" belts to 
get chewed up and die rapidly, because the "V" is the wrong shape. 
"Euro," metric, belts are what is needed - Continental is one brand that 
works properly.

> Looking down from the top, the alignment appears to be slightly off at the
> alternator. The only place could be at the bolt / hole interfaces at the
> alternator, right?

Have you put a straightedge on it to verify?  I suppose it's possible 
that the mounting bracketry might have been bent.  I don't think there 
is any shimming intended or required to align these things, although 
there might be.  Someone might chime in here...

-- 
Huw Powell

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