need some alt help asap

[alan412]

have you contacted beatbox yet? maybe he'll have some suggestions since it's his old alt...just a thought

[TeejayBee]

Hes at work right now so im waiting for him to get done and yeah im hoping its prolly somthing stupid like always but if not hes a good man and hell ask me to shipp with back and hell refund me my 200$ but its a shitty thing

[keepinitloud]

how does your serpentine belt look roll it so you can look at the underside of it where it makes contact with the pullys or your accsery drive does it look shiny like a glossed look is got tiny cracks and how is the tension what I mean is how tight is the belt if you push down on it at the longest point how much can you push down on it

[TeejayBee]

The belt is only a bout two months old i try to replace them every so often for the sake of breaking. But its a little flexable just enough to get it on and off if it needs to be taken off

[keepinitloud]

how is the tensioner pully when the engine is running does it wiggle or have a squel commin from it

[TeejayBee]

It will shake a little but it does that with the other alt too and there is a slight squel

Edited April 23, 2010 by TeejayBee

[shooter69]

Are you able to take the belt off without messing with the tensioner? If so then it has to be too loose, I can't get mine off without cranking on the tensioner. My alt burned out when I first put my system in, I bought a 120 amp replacement. I checked it the other day and at idle it puts out the same amount as when its reved at 1500 rpms...104ish amps

[CaptainzPlanetz]

Do you have a V8 or a V6, IIRC Beatbox's was a V6, and V6's tend to idle a lil higher than V8's. But I am just throwing out ideas it will be easier to solve the problem once Beatbox gets in here.

[keepinitloud]

the slight squeel you hear could be the belt slippin and captain planet hit on something if your rides have different engines yours could be idling a little lower than his if so you might want to do a pully swap

[TeejayBee]

I have a V6. and alan i cant get it off without moving the tensor