setups to prevent alt belt exit

Kris Kristofferson · 10-04-2010, 11:15 PM

Good suggestions guys,
Tonight a friend dropped by and gave me some advice on aligning the pulleys. The alternator had to go back about about three eights of a inch..

I also improved the idler pulley by putting some more angle on it, It mostly acts as Mark Faul described..

It seems like in the case of alt belt retention there are a a lot of ways to skin a cat..

Kris

cad · 10-05-2010, 01:35 AM

Long or short pump?
GM makes a solid bracket for short water pump Corvettes from 75-81 which bolts to the front of the head. I use on my SBC in my 68 Camaro along with a Z28 alternator pulley. I spin it about 7200.

Kris Kristofferson · 10-05-2010, 12:23 PM

Hello Cad,
It is a long pump for a BBC, I had some original brackets but they didn't work well for my small casing CS-130 alt...
I had a friend over last night and he pointed me in the right direction in terms of alt alignment..The alt was too far forward so I shimmed it back..This should help a lot.
Kris

10-04-2010, 11:15 PM	#1
Kris Kristofferson Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ont Posts: 68 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: setups to prevent alt belt exit Good suggestions guys, Tonight a friend dropped by and gave me some advice on aligning the pulleys. The alternator had to go back about about three eights of a inch.. I also improved the idler pulley by putting some more angle on it, It mostly acts as Mark Faul described.. It seems like in the case of alt belt retention there are a a lot of ways to skin a cat.. Kris

10-05-2010, 01:35 AM	#2
cad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 702 Likes: 202 Liked 91 Times in 51 Posts	Re: setups to prevent alt belt exit Long or short pump? GM makes a solid bracket for short water pump Corvettes from 75-81 which bolts to the front of the head. I use on my SBC in my 68 Camaro along with a Z28 alternator pulley. I spin it about 7200.

10-05-2010, 12:23 PM	#3
Kris Kristofferson Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ont Posts: 68 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: setups to prevent alt belt exit Hello Cad, It is a long pump for a BBC, I had some original brackets but they didn't work well for my small casing CS-130 alt... I had a friend over last night and he pointed me in the right direction in terms of alt alignment..The alt was too far forward so I shimmed it back..This should help a lot. Kris