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Alternator Belt only Lasted 3 weeks

  • 22-06-2013 8:05pm
    #1
    djskip316i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭


    Hi i got a new alternator belt fitted by my local garage 3 weeks ago , Last weekend the belt started screeching pretty bad so i tightened up the belt myself and all was good until today , i was just on my way home from town when it started screeching again and it just snapped after about 30secs , So i just about about made it home and checked all the pulley's and the all are moving freely .

    Anyone got any ideas why it only lasted 3 weeks .
    The car is a 1998 Mazda 323 1.3 salloon .


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  • #2
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    What condition are the teeth on the pulley in? Perhaps they are worn and causing it to slip and friction causing it to wear down?


  • #3
    djskip316i
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭djskip316i


    Hal1 wrote: »
    What condition are the teeth on the pulley in? Perhaps they are worn and causing it to slip and friction causing it to wear down?

    Thanks for the reply Hal1 , The teeth seem to be fine on all the pulley's .


  • #4
    holdmybeer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭holdmybeer


    djskip316i wrote: »
    Hi i got a new alternator belt fitted by my local garage 3 weeks ago , Last weekend the belt started screeching pretty bad so i tightened up the belt myself and all was good until today , i was just on my way home from town when it started screeching again and it just snapped after about 30secs , So i just about about made it home and checked all the pulley's and the all are moving freely .

    Anyone got any ideas why it only lasted 3 weeks .
    The car is a 1998 Mazda 323 1.3 salloon .


    You pretty much shot down any chance of claim by doing it yourself. If you don't trust them go somewhere else.


  • #5
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Because you tightened it yourself.


  • #6
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    It may be possible that the original cause of failure wasn't rectified, possibly a pulley with worn or seizing bearings.

    However, belts with manual tensioners normally need to be adjusted after a few miles so the fact that it needed tightening after a couple of weeks can be normal, unfortunately, you may then have overtightened it causing the failure. If all pulleys are ok then this is the likely cause IMO.


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  • #7
    DIESEL TOM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭DIESEL TOM


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Because you tightened it yourself.
    there no need to tell the garage that op ;)


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