I'm fed up!! I can't find a belt!!

[Brutal87]

OK, This is a long story but I'll cut it short. For the last 2 weeks I've been looking for a serpentine belt.. I've tried 10 different belts & a se of underdrive pulleys. I can't find one that fits.

Heres the before:

The car had a 6 rib charger uplley. Stock Tensioner, A/C, PS, Crank & Alternator pulleys along with the Smog delete pulley. That belt fit fine.

Heres where I am now:

I upgraded to a 10 rib charger pulley set up. The crank pulley is a 1 piece. (the stock 6 rib crank & the 10 rib charger) The 6 rib on the crank is a little smaller in diameter that the stock pulley. Then I remover the A/C & installed the Ford A/C delete bracket. (Moves the P/S up where the A/C was)
I went through all the sizes from 81" to 85 1/2" I could not find one that would fit. Today I went out & bought a Ford underdrive pulley set. I thought if I use the water pump & or alternator pulley, it would be easier to find a belt. Well.. NONE of them would work with the underdrive pulleys. So I put the stock pulleys back on & tried to wedge on an 81 1/2" belt. It was so small, I had to hold it on the P/S pulley & someone have to crank the car over to slip it on. It all looked good until I released the tensioner. It now hits the water pump pulley. Check out the pics.. What's wrong here??? Is the tensioner bad?? There is no way you can put a smaller belt on it..

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a27/HazePerformance/My%201987%20Mustang%20GT/100_2372.jpg
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Thanks,
Carl :chug:

[qkjuicedpony]

re-clock the tensioner and put the stock water pump pulley back on it.

[Italian LX]

re-clock the tensioner and put the stock water pump pulley back on it.
:shrug:

. . .So I put the stock pulleys back on. . . It now hits the water pump pulley.

[qkjuicedpony]

:shrug:
then all he needs to do is re-clock the tensioner

[04 Mach1]

Or move your P/S back down and order the other A/C delete kit that moves your tensioner over the were the A/C compressor sat. Thats how I had to do mine.

[Brutal87]

Hmmm.. How do I re-clock the tensioner??

[qkjuicedpony]

there is a detailed article on how to do it somewhere on the internet.let me see if i can find it.

[Brutal87]

there is a detailed article on how to do it somewhere on the internet.let me see if i can find it.

Thanks :chug:

[One_live95]

you could buy a smaller diameter tensioner pulley to buy you a little more clearance.... i had to go larger on my car to keep the belts from slipping as the exact size i need wasn't available anywhere....



jason

[Craig K.]

you could buy a smaller diameter tensioner pulley to buy you a little more clearance.... i had to go larger on my car to keep the belts from slipping as the exact size i need wasn't available anywhere....



jason

This is what I had to do on the '95 when I put U/D pullies on it.
The idlar pulley and the water pump pulley were nearly touching, I bought a slightly smaller idlar pulley and it got me around 1/2" + of clearance.

Just go to a Napa or other parts store and look through the different pullies they have.

[Brutal87]

Where can I buy a smaller idler pulley? All the ones I forun are stock size..??

EDIT~ Check this out..

http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?mfrcode=DAY&mfrpartnumber=89003

http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81713&highlight=dayco+idler+pulley

[One_live95]

they didn't list mine in their computer.... i just went back where they were and looked through them, got the same width, just a diff. overall diameter...

was at autozone btw


jason

[Craig K.]

I got mine at Napa, I just went and looked through all the ones they had.

[Brutal87]

there is a detailed article on how to do it somewhere on the internet.let me see if i can find it.

Bump to top... :metal:

[Brutal87]

Belt problem fixed.. :)
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a27/HazePerformance/My%201987%20Mustang%20GT/100_2460.jpg
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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a27/HazePerformance/My%201987%20Mustang%20GT/100_2462.jpg

Thanks guys..

[QWKSNKE]

:nice:

[Disney Lincoln]

I had to reclock the tensioner and move the tensioner closer to the AC compressor on one car.

Glad you got it sorted out!

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