Originally Posted by waldig
OK I think that I may have found the issue.
THe photo in Tighed1's response above shows the upper pulley in his photo. I cant figure how you copy it so Ill talk thru the issues.
THis upper idler belt can not be off due to the crank pulley. According to the factory manual ( SPLINTER could use some help here - how do I copy that drawing) The upper idler pulley is #8.
#8 gets its belt from the the alternator #7, the s/c idler #9 and the s/c #1 . THey can not be off due to the crank pulley.
Number #8 "upper" idler pulley feeds belt to the a/c and power steering pump # 2 and #4. The crank pulley is fed by #4 .
How is it that the belt in that photo is off unless the idler is cocked or loose in some manner?? It has three grooved pulleys before and 2 grooved pulleys after it. They insure the alignment.
Again I feel that the belt should be pulled and the pulleys be checked for "wink" play axially to the shaft.
Woody Be Happy