Serpentine Belt Problem

Maybe you have the belt routed over the idler pulley instead of under. I've had people digging through the yard for larger alternator pulleys for the same reason, if you can live with a lower output from your alternator.

Bill

If the Idler Pulley is attached to the Automatic Tensioner, then the belt is routed under the Idler Pulley and not over it.

If the Idler Pulley is not attached to the Automatic Tensioner, then what is it attached to?

No, I can not live with lower output from the alternator.

Some ideas I have considered include: (1) If possible and if advisable, reducing the force that the Automatic Tensioner applies to the belt. (2) Replace the Automatic Tensioner with a manually adjusted tensioner. (3) Moving either or both the Alternator and/or P/S Pump up. (The problem is I do not see what would appear to be a Pivot Bolt and a Slide Bolt. Everything looks like it is in a fixed position.)

Steve

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Instead of reengineering the car, why don't you get a junkyard AC compressor with a good bearing and be done with it.

The few times I have seen pre-1994 GTs in boneyards, I have never seen one with its engine! That said, I could check the offsets and possibly locate an alternate vehicle with the identical compressor.

Thanks... I will also look down that route to!

Steve

Rob

lol, no kidding. Have you priced just a clutch? Or if its just the bearing those are about $20. Or, if one even exists, see how a non-AC car is configured and buy the stuff off of the junker. Well, now we are probably back to the $20 bearing price..............

The bearing can be replaced, BUT only when the early noise from failure is detected. When the bearing siezes to the point that it no longer spins the snout of the compressor is usually gone too. That compressor (FS-10 IIRC) was used on many different Ford products and is abundant in the boneyards.

Tom, Thanks, again! Steve