Tom Faust

I just threw my third alternator belt in a month. I just changed the alternator about a month ago. Any guesses? Pulley alignment?

selfproclaimedv8buff

Could it be your tighting it too much? You have to be able to turn it 90 degrees for it to be good!

quattro920

Also just a wild guess. A friend of mine started to go through belts like crazy after he changed his timing belt. It turned out to be a chipped pulley which cut through the belts rather quickly.

Hope that helps,

Wilson.

audinutt

could be you are buying cheapo belts, get a gates or a conti-tech, and do not overtighten

Tom Serrago

Happened to me last month when I changed alternators, pulley was different. I used the original pulley and have had no problems since.