Re: Tensioner cog thingy for alternator belt?

[rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)]

You can still tension it just get a good prybar (crow bar)
and loosen it pull hard with pry bar and tighten all alternator belts...
best if you have an assistant to hold the pry bar but I have done it myself
before also....

HTH!
Rich Andrews
rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu
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> Hey Q-heads --
> The squeal from my alternator has become more unbearable than the prospect
> of working on the car in an unheated garage. I readied to tighten the belt
> (six months old) yesterday, only to find that the cog-thingy on the
> alternator tensioner has stripped teeth exactly where it needs to be fixed.
> Does anyone have a part number or source for this cog? Is it a part I could
> get from a VW dealer?
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> I'm a little bummed that the shop that did my timing belt and all my v-belts
> last spring, and then two months later retightened the slipping alternator
> belt, didn't mention that the cog was stripped (or replace it themselves.
> It's pretty crappy to leave it stripped for me with no way to adjust the
> tension. If I wasn't so rushed for time, I'd just make them fix it. Oh well.
> 
> Happy Holidays all!
> 
> Tim King
> Seattle WA
> 89 200tqw
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