i got an 86 GXl with a streetport motor... and the alternator belt recently got ripped up.. i took it to my mechanic n he is shippin in another pulley for it... im just curious if any1 could tell me reasons for my belt being chewed up???????? cuz my mechanic sayd it needs a double pullie... but i been told other things too??? just want other peoples opinoins?

 

he says a double pulley would keep it from ripping up??? uhhhhhh



btw, won't double pulley only work if you pull the airpump?

 

Do you still have the air pump on there?

 

i had a car that shredded a couple of alternator belts, when i used the factory mazda belt instead of the gates p.o.s. it fixed it.

 

material just couldn't hold up with the forces being applied?

 

i guess? i really dunno why that fixed it.

 

adjusted incorrectly.. a double pulley will not fix the shredding of belts but if u have no AP u should have one anyways

 

I had the same problem wit a protege I owned. The damn thing would destroy an Autozone belt in a week put a mazda belt on it no problem!

 

I know it's a late post but my '89 FC burned off 2 belts with 3 weeks this past winter. Make sure you do NOT over tighten the belt. If you do it will rip it to shreds in a matter of a couple of weeks. Make sure there is some slack but not enough where it will slip and fall off. Personally it doesn't sound like to need the double pulley to me.