I have a 1967 chevelle malibu. 350 engine. I recently put on a longneck water pump. Due to the barings going out on short neck water pump. So with that I also switched the alternator from the driver's side to the passenger side. I got all the right parts. Pulley's, brackets, belts. Now the pulley on the balancer wines. I have tighten the belts on the alternator and the powersteering pump. The noise went away on the powersteering, but on the alternator belt. So with that, I put belt dressing on the pulley. It does not make any noise until the dressing dries. I am thinking I might need a shorter belt. But not sure. Need some answers

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How is the alignment between pulleys, are they co-planar (parallel in both the up and down direction and the side to side direction)? Use a straight edge to check.

How tight are the belts? Almost a half inch give in the middle between pulleys when you press with your thumb?

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trash the belt dressing and use wd-40 or vaseline. like bow-tied said check your alignment.JIMK

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The alignment between the upper pulley and lower pulley seem to be a just a hair off.They are parallel up and down but not side to side. I will try the straight edge method. The alternator belt is, I think too tight. No. Not until I turn on the car and turn it off that it gives that half inch give when I press with my thumb on it. I also found out that my alternator was cocked back to far. That could also be braking the belts. I have gone thru 3 belts in two days. I think I'm wearing down the battery. I put another alternator on. And the voltage is just going crazy on it, 14 to 16 back and forth. Thank you for the info. I will be trying this to night.

I am not an electrical expert, but I think if the voltage on your gauge is going well over 14 to 15 or more, you may have a regulator problem....not sure.

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No. Not until I turn on the car and turn it off that it gives that half inch give when I press with my thumb on it
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I am not sure what you mean here? If it is tight one time, and not another, it could be that your pulley (crank) is out of round..??


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Ron Cook TC Gold #1276 ___ ACES #5136
1969 300 Deluxe HTSS396 (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/bow_tied4.jpg) The L35-325HP 396cid (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/bow_tied3.jpg) 69 Memory Lane (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/bow_tied.jpg) 1971 Malibu 2DR HT (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/bow_tied_71Malibu.jpg)
CanAm Chevelle Club (http://www.canamchevelles.com) _____________"Take my advice, I'm not using it."