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Alt belt noise
The alternator belt on my 81 squeals like a stuck pig. It only happens at
night when I run the lights along with anything else (fan and/or fogs) and
only when I have my foot off the gas pedal. It takes quite a while and quite
a few engine revs (with fan &/or fogs turned off) to make it stop. It's
rather annoying. The belt is tight (I checked it today). The alternator is
new and is a 90 amp unit as is the belt (new that is). Could misaligned
pulley wheels be the cause? I have AC on the car, so there are 2 pulleys
connected to the crank. One 'real' pulley (alternator pulley) and one that
is made with 2 halves and some shims (AC pulley). There are 5 shims total, 3
'thick' ones making up the AC pulley and 2 'thin' ones between that pulley
and the alt pulley. Is this correct? Someone, anyone, everyone, please
help, I enjoy running my fogs at night as well as the fan (it's cold in
Michigan).
TIA,
Stewart
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