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I'm down to just one alternator belt....... 200 1986

posted by  Xraybob on  Wed Jun 18 23:19 CST 2008
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I recently installed a new steering rack (3 wks ago) and yesterday heard a slight squeal when turning the wheel to the right when pulling out of the driveway. When I left work, I heard it again, but both times, it only lasted a second or so. I got home and looked at the PS belt to make sure I tightened it up and it was ok. Then I glanced at the alternator belt and found that the rear most belt was 80% gone and shreaded to pieces. I cut it off and made sure the remaining lifeline to my charging system was tensioned right. The belts only have about 50K on them, so I'm going to replace all four of them on Saturday. My question is, will it be ok to drive it gently today and tomorrow with just the one remaining belt on the alternator, about 150 miles over the next 2 days?

Thanks for looking.
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'86 sedan with 387,000 miles on the original engine and automatic transmission






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