4000csq belt squeeking at start

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <1D94A6F04B78D1119D5B0060979FBE9A01C306@A1> Aleksander Mierzwa writes:

> I just wanted to ask a this question when this thread emerged: have
> other I-5 owners noticed that they need to tighten the alternator belt
> annoyingly often?

No, never.  Beware that the factory specs for 'new' and 'already run' belt 
tightnesses are different.
 
> I have to tighten the belt approx. every 1000 miles if
> not less. I don't have to say it's a BIG PITA given the adjusting
> mechanism is probably the most stupid design I've ever seen (After
> stripping the teeth on two $7 adjusting nuts and the thread on the
> alternator (substituted with a longer bolt and a nut)  I'm using good
> old jack handle as a lever now).

I thought it was the _neatest_ design I'd ever seen, because it allows belt 
tightness to be specified in Nm, and not in terms of the legendary calibrated 
German mechanics' fingers.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club