VirginBanger Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 Need some serious help, I have a 320A singer alternator, running off a 4 rib belt (has a 6 rib pulley) with 300 AH of conventional batteries pushing ~3500 - 4500 rms full tilt. Running a gates brand belt at the moment and can smell it heating up when turned up through the AC vents. Kicker OFC 0 gauge grounding the second battery and main positive run between the 2 batteries. Still has only stock big 3. Would upgrading the big 3 really prevent my truck from breaking anymore belts? Can’t keep getting stranded places!
VirginBanger Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Posted January 10, 2020 My truck only has a 4 rib drive pulley
SnowDrifter Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 What truck? How's the belt tensioned? Spring loaded or is it the manual variety where you turn a bolt? Verified you're sitting on the right grooves i.e. not offset? FWIW I've had great luck with the gates green stripe belts. Can crank them pretty damn tight and they don't stretch. I hear the gatorback ones work well too. Never tried them out though ~~~~~~~~SAY NO TO PHOTOBUCKET~~~~~~~~ Snow's DD-1 tracks here: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/167433-snows-dd-1-tracks/ My take on OFC vs CCA: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/110381-things-that-piss-you-off-in-the-car-audio-world/?do=findComment&comment=2461444
VirginBanger Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Posted January 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, SnowDrifter said: What truck? How's the belt tensioned? Spring loaded or is it the manual variety where you turn a bolt? Verified you're sitting on the right grooves i.e. not offset? FWIW I've had great luck with the gates green stripe belts. Can crank them pretty damn tight and they don't stretch. I hear the gatorback ones work well too. Never tried them out though 2004 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L 4 cylinder. Manually tensioned by a bolt. The shop I took it to really cranked it down pretty tight this time. It is on the correct portion of the pulley, definitely not misaligned. Gates belt has been on for 2 days now and hasn’t broke, which is better than I can say about the other brands. Weird that this just started happening, ran fine for months until now. Also the belt is dedicated only to the water pump and alternator.
Kyblack76 Posted January 11, 2020 Report Posted January 11, 2020 Ran 4 alts, off one Gates....... at full load, for seasons... you got something going on. SMD SUPER SELLER The Burban Build Blazer Build sold Acura trunk build sold
VirginBanger Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Posted January 11, 2020 9 hours ago, Kyblack76 said: Ran 4 alts, off one Gates....... at full load, for seasons... you got something going on. Spoke with singer alternator, he says it most likely happened because of low batteries and he recommended I get the gates belt, which so far has seemed to be working
DylanWiggins Posted January 11, 2021 Report Posted January 11, 2021 Let me know if you ever figured this problem out. I’m currently dealing with the same issue with a 2000 Tacoma 3.4 & a 300amp Js alternator.
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