My alternator belt just shredded!!

[grantlacey11]

Hey guys, has this ever happened to you? i was rolling up to a stop sign with it in neutral and the thing just shreds while popping off the power steering belt and loosening the AC belt? is this normal? i assume just buy some new belts and it should be good?

thanks!!

[gazellebeigem3]

its normal for a cracked belt that needed replacement. make sure everything turns freely.

[SpecM]

no, thats not "normal". make sure nothing locked up

[shiftbmw]

My alt belt pretty much exploded. I'm still finding pieces under my hood in unexpected places. Mine was long overdue for replacement and it snapped and got wrapped up in a pulley and then pieces were sent everywhere...

[asubimmer]

yeah thats normal if you don't replace a worn belt or if something is wrong. Like a miss-aligned pulley or a seized pulley.

[Hick]

no, thats not "normal". make sure nothing locked up

lol. wut?

[SpecM]

lol. wut?

what wut? He asked if its normal for belts to shread themselves, and no its not normal...

[gazellebeigem3]

what wut? He asked if its normal for belts to shread themselves, and no its not normal...

well without preventative maintenance, it kind of is. cogged v belts pretty much start cracking/dry rotting as soon as they are installed lol

[Money$hit]

dry rot my ass. belts are rubber. Would you fuck your gf for 40k miles?

[88e30is]

dry rot my ass. belts are rubber. Would you fuck your gf for 40k miles?

bahaha. Anal dry maybe.

[Money$hit]

bahaha. Anal dry maybe.

you would fuck your gf for 40k miles dry?


God Bless that woman.

[88e30is]

hahaha

[Money$hit]

you are from michigan. you probably have no concept of what a vagina is.

[88e30is]

What does that mean? Yes I live in Michigan. Not all of us are unsophisticated rednecks here you know.

[Money$hit]

What does that mean? Yes I live in Michigan. Not all of us are unsophisticated rednecks here you know.

thats up for debate.