prowakeskater

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Im losing my ******* mind. I cannot figure out why the hell my belt keeps popping off. I have been through probably 15 belts since my car has been pushing 400hp these last few months.

I first replaced my tensioner with a brand new OEM. No dice.
I pulled my AC because I noticed my compressor pulley was slightly visibly "off" from the rest. Still no luck

Almost every time the belt has moved, its been on the alternator pulley. Although it spins by hand, it really doesn't extremely easily...

I have also observed my tensioner moving quite a bit on idle. Im not sure if this is normal or not...

WTF could be going on?

LexEvo

Your tensioner pulley could be bad

prowakeskater

iTrader: (14)

did you read?

LexEvo

or incorrectly installed, not sure for a 100% though

LexEvo

yeah i re-read it and caught that sorry lol

prowakeskater

iTrader: (14)

the tensioner works fine

LexEvo

but you did say it has play on idle right?

prowakeskater

iTrader: (14)

it moves with tension of the belt. Not side to side, just with the belt. I should say the belt tension is constantly changing at idle. The last tensioner did the same thing

silverIXMR

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maybe you have a warped pulley so it is coming off as though a bike chain would..idk why it would only happen on high load though..just a thought. its not snapping the belt right?

meckert

iTrader: (11)

check to be sure all the pullies line up and are on the same vertical plane. Spin them all to check for bind to be sure you dont have a bad bearing or one thats going. Your not using a shorter belt are you? If so it could be too long not allowing your adjuster to pick up all the slack at speed. Just a few thoughts.

prowakeskater

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can anyone check to see if their tensioner moves at idle? you can see it from above

prowakeskater

iTrader: (14)

my belt is snapping

evo9ben

iTrader: (13)

could be a bad compressor...

evo9ben

iTrader: (13)

they seize and would snap a belt easy

prowakeskater

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Ive been wondering if the belts have been too long, because the tensioner does seem like its fully "tensioned" - especially with this last belt that snapped. There was definitely NOT as much slack in the belt as there was when I fixed the one this morning, before it went again after startup. Could they be stretching???