Hey guys,

I replaced the 3 three belts recently because they were worn.Since I've replaced them, everytime I start the car, or any time there is a power drain (like with my system all the way up), or even when the a/c is on, it squeals like they're slipping....Now I tightened them to the right lbs and that didn't help. I also had a mechanic check it out and he tightened them too. It still does, and its pretty embarassing when people look at it and are like nice ca...what the?.... When it does squeal, there definetly a noticeable "dimmness" to the interior lights, and power loss....The alternator is less than 6mths old so I doubt its that. The only thing I or the mechanic came up with is that it needs shaped belts... I got plain old square ones, but should I have used the rounded edged ones?

Hopefully someone can shed some light on the situation...
Thx

 

happend to me when i changed the belt. Screw the "recomended" tension and just tighten down that altenator belt. It worked for me

 

the bolts are as tight as they can go.... so its not that [sm=smiley6.gif]

 

so the belts have like no play?

 

tiny bit...but the bolts can't go any further, thats why the idea of shaped belts came into question

its not just the alternator belt....its the steering and ac too

 

any more suggestions guys?