Belt flying off 4 times now Options

[scottsilvertt]

I took my engine out of my car.
Repainted all sheet metal, repaired this and that.

Put the engine back in.

Put on a new German belt, it flew off in 10 minutes. And then again.
Put the old belt on, that has flown off twice.
Using a straight edge, I can measure a 1/2 inch misalignment in the pulleys.

I can’t even imagine how they became misaligned.
I would think it could only go back together one way.

The alternator pulley is further out towards front of car.
With the engine pulley closer to rear of car.
The engine pulley seems nice and flush around its surrounding cover stuff.


I can only imagine that the alt pulley is turned around.
So, I can try flipping that.

But is there a spacer behind the engine pulley? I don’t think I ever removed the engine fan/pulley.

[scottsilvertt]

This is my car, with the old belt for now.
I can see pulleys are not parallel. As well as measure.
The small pulley is too far to the front.

And the small pulley doesn’t look like the one on eBay, which doesn’t have the notches.

(I am trying a looser belt, less tension, to see if it stays on longer)

Anyone have a photo of their pulley? In an engine sitting in their garage?

[yeahmag]

This is my car, with the old belt for now.
I can see pulleys are not parallel. As well as measure.
The small pulley is too far to the front.

And the small pulley doesn’t look like the one on eBay, which doesn’t have the notches.

(I am trying a looser belt, less tension, to see if it stays on longer)

Anyone have a photo of their pulley? In an engine sitting in their garage?

That pulley is on backwards. The cut outs go towards the outside (used to hold the pulley when tightening it).