5.0FoxBody

Alright..so last night I hear some wierd noise comin from my engine bay. I get out and check... one rib of the serpentine belt had split away! [:@] I have the 83.5in belt routed to delete the smog pump...I've had it that way for about a month or so..w/ no problems. Then this happens. I go today and get a new belt and replace it...all is good 'til on down the road...the new belt gets torn all to hell... luckily I had my old stock belt and was able to get it put on...no problems with it YET..but I dunno what could cause the two belts to get all jacked up like that [] Anyone have any ideas???

I thought maybe a bearing or somethin was bad in one of the pulleys, but I couldn't hear anything and I can't really see any wobble in any of them...

SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE

Tims 88GT

take the belt off and make sure everything spins good.

ZachW04Stang

^^^ Tim is right, something has to be locked up. Try and spin all the pulleys by hand.

5.0FoxBody

did that before we put the 2nd belt on today..everything seemed fine [>:] i thought anyways..and I don't know how/what to check next [:@]

Just start buying new pulleys? lol...a new alternator...pulleys...all that jazz? I dunno [>:]

Tims 88GT

make sure its not hitting anything. go run the car for 15min get it warm up to operating temp, park it take the belt off and spiin the pullies.

5.0FoxBody

I was just reading that other post on a busted belt...someone said something about it not being the waterpump unless it's been overheated/leaking... Well Lately I've noticed my car runs quite a bit warmer than normal...may be low coolant but i'm not positive -I'm gonna check that tomorrow... could my water pump be goin bad...would that cause this?

ZachW04Stang

It could be the water pump even if its not over heating. The water pump should spink with little force, it takes a lot of force to spin it, you found your problem.

Tims 88GT

do like i said bro. when **** gets hot it expands. the more it expands the tighter it gets

OUTLAW1990LX50

just had same problem and it was my waterpump it was just a bit wobbly and ended up locking up

black89gt

i had the same problem man..it depends on how you are routing the belt.. check the clearance coming from where the part of the belt coming from the alternator and the one form the tensioner.. it will always be close and it very dangerous.. i think the part number is 850k6 for the correct belt.. but you have to route it a different way.. go search some previous threads about it.. they have alot of threads baout eliminating the smog.. some threads should have a diagram too.