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  1. msoumas

    These belts shouldnt be this hard to change.. should they?

    I ended up taking the entire alternator off the mount and swinging it around so I could get that belt on there. The Gatorback was a little bit harder than NAPA's equivalent, I think because the Gatorback had a slightly deeper tread on it.
  2. msoumas

    These belts shouldnt be this hard to change.. should they?

    NAPA's belt fit fine, and now that I've got that blade bent back into position I should be good to go as far as the belts go. Now to find a rear window crank and a tow shackle for the front bumper! :D
  3. msoumas

    These belts shouldnt be this hard to change.. should they?

    Oh for the love of *#$@... I got my new 15581 belt on after taking the entire alternator OFF to get the belt to go into the pulley... tensioned it up nicely and drove around all day yesterday with it. Today on the way to work my GEN 1 light comes on and I start noticing that my generator gauge...
  4. msoumas

    These belts shouldnt be this hard to change.. should they?

    Great.... NONE of the belt numbers on these match up. The brand is "Dayco" and the belts supposedly matched up to the Gates belt numbers, but they obviously are not the right ones. If you kill an Advance Auto Parts employee, does it count for a whole murder or just half of one?
  5. msoumas

    These belts shouldnt be this hard to change.. should they?

    I bought a set of belts to replace the aged and squeaking belts in my M1009 this morning. I got under the hood with my ratchet and started loosening up the alternators, which were both adjusted as far out as they could be for tension and still the old belts seemed a touch loose. I started with...
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