[s-cars] Serp belt slipping

[Dave Forgie]

Dave and S-gruppees:  Check the front of your tensioner for a crack in
the spring housing (between the three bolts and the idle/tensioning
pulley).  My tensioner failed, "unpredictably", on Weds. night, by
cracking open, preventing the spring from transferring force to the arm
holding the idle/tensioning pulley.  I had never thought that that could
happen and had never checked.  I will try to post a picture of the dead
part to the Yahoo groups bulletin board.

Dave F.

Dave O'Neil wrote:

My serp belt is slipping on occasion. The volt meter will read 12 V and
slowly creep up to 16V, while the belt is squealing. After it gets to 16
V
the noise stops and it's fine. Won't do it all the time, but happens
more
when more acces. are on. The belt seems tight and not worn. How can I
tell if
it's the tensioner? Is this an easy fix?
thanks,
Dave O'Neil 95.5 S6