Alternator woes!!!!

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 8:20:41 pm 01/24/06 Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Quote from Cathy:
> <<Seems in the multiple
> tightening sprees the upper bolt (the one you loosen to use that gear
> tensioner dealie) had somewhat stripped in the housing, and
> eventually just would not hold. >>
>
> This one is not loosening nor is it slipping along the bracket.  I
> even scored the bracket to make sure it hadn't moved.
>
> The must be some else that is shifting that I am not seeing.  Could
> it be tha A/C?  I don't think so because then its belt would be loose
> actually even tighter as it needs to move toward the altenator which
> would tighten its own belt?????
>
>
> 
I don't know, all I DO know is that it will reveal itself in due time,
probably when you least want it to. I mean, the belt shouldn't need
constant tightening. I'll ask the kid when he gets home, he had an absolute
love affair going with the POS Jetta's alternator belt. I should say
belt_s_. About nineteen of them. How's that bolt at the base of the
bracket? It's not slumping there is it?
And once more for the record, I really hate the Cabby's alternator, every
aspect of it. For this reason alone, it will live a long life, just to
torment me.
Cathy