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Alternator woes!!!!



If you over tighten the alt you will end up with bad bearings.  usually 
that just means you get a nice squeal as the first symptom :)

It sounds to me like you need a new belt.  Make sure the belt is the right 
width.  I find that many people get the right size belt (diameter wise) 
but get one that is too thin and it sits too far into the pulleys. 

Bently has a nice picture of how the belt should sit when it is installed.


Cory Langford
'86 Roc turbo, 
'78 Roc turbo - Daily driver project,
'65 Ghia Coupe
95 Eurovan, etc, etc... :)



"David Utley" <fahrvergnugen@cox.net> 
Sent by: scirocco-l-bounces+cory_langford=bcit.ca@scirocco.org
Jan 24, 2006 06:48 PM

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"Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>, "Scirocco List" 
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
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Re: Alternator woes!!!!






The bearings in the Alt. alright?  If they are bad, perhaps that is the
source of the vibration that makes it loosen/move itself?

David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:25 PM
Subject: Alternator woes!!!!


Can an alternator be bad without the alternator light coming on?  and how
can the belt keep needing to be tighten every few hundred miles?  When we
put it on for the third time we checked and double checked that nothing 
else
is moving.  When first put on it is so tight that the alternator is 
touching
the A/C compressor.  Some how it is stretching then we tighten and it
stretches then we tighten and it stretches.  It is not slipping as we have
to keep moving farther up the bracket each time.  Any one have any ideas
what the heck is going on?  What could be shifting?

--
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1984 8V Audi 4000s (lastest addition)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)
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