Hey guys,
I’ve looked everywhere and read pretty much all the posts with belt shredding issues, but the belt on my Mach 1 keeps shredding off the inner rib. I had two shops work on it and both said the pulleys were aligned correctly but it kept shredding it. I finally got a laser alignment tool and all of the pulleys are dead on. The car has a 15% crank, a 3.15 vortech pulley, a thump racing single bolt tensioner and has been converted over to an 8 rib system. One mechanic said the tensioner could be putting too much pressure on the belt and causing things to strain...I just don’t know where to start and wanted to see if anyone else had any issues with the thump tensioner or where I should even start to look for the next problem area. Will a stock single bolt tensioner work with the 8 rib belt?
Belt size is a 112.4” as well.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
I’ve looked everywhere and read pretty much all the posts with belt shredding issues, but the belt on my Mach 1 keeps shredding off the inner rib. I had two shops work on it and both said the pulleys were aligned correctly but it kept shredding it. I finally got a laser alignment tool and all of the pulleys are dead on. The car has a 15% crank, a 3.15 vortech pulley, a thump racing single bolt tensioner and has been converted over to an 8 rib system. One mechanic said the tensioner could be putting too much pressure on the belt and causing things to strain...I just don’t know where to start and wanted to see if anyone else had any issues with the thump tensioner or where I should even start to look for the next problem area. Will a stock single bolt tensioner work with the 8 rib belt?
Belt size is a 112.4” as well.
Any suggestions would be appreciated