Hey guys i own a 91 Rx-7 Savanah(jdm) , and im having problems with my alternator belt, i know it sounds like a stupid lil problem,
but when i got my car about 4 months ago, it had the origonal belt to the best of my knowledge and it snapped about 2 months ago, mabe month and a half, and since then ive been having troubles, my belt hasnt lasted more than 3 days roughly since, ive gone through 5 belts now and im gettin really ticked at it,
Im not Over tightening, my pullys are all in line with each other, and all the belts that snap have a wear along one side of it, the belt is a pretty clean snap too, so im wondering, does the North american belt and JDM belt differ?
ive been gettin my belts from Lord Co, unfortunatly where i live their isnt many shops that sell anything high end, id have to order it all in, which i have no problem with, but i just wanna make sure i have the right thing when i order it.

thanks for any help.

 

It sounds like one of your pulleys is skewed, causing the belt to slight to one side and wear out prematurely.

 

thats what ive thought too but it seems that all my pulleys are in line, ill recheck, but is the belt slightly differnt between the models? or all the same?

 

Even if there was a difference between Jdm and other markets, which there isn't, the belt would wear on both sides, not one. If you're checking pulley alignment with the belts off, it may change once the belts are tightened up due to a worn bearing or vise versa.

You might try ordering a different brand of belt. Is Lord Co. the seller or manufacturer?

 

seller, im not sure the brand of the belt off the top of my head ill check and repost what it is. seems like everyones said bearing so far, ive had a few people look at it, belt on and off and they couldnt find anythin wrong with it. hmm well thanks for info ill look into a new pulley and see if that works i guess. anyone else have idea's toss em up the more info i get the better it is. thanks.

 

alright well, i took my alt off, played with my pully re aligned it and such, gonna try to see how it goes, i found what llooks like something thats stickin out oddly im gonna see if i can get a pick of it, im now sure why my belts breaking but im gonna polish my pullys to see if theirs bur's and crap dunno whats going on... any help?

 

did you ever get this crap figured out? Also dbl sheave alt pulley FTW

 

yea dug, i seemed to get it working, hasnt broke yet soo woot. i got some other stuff done to my car too, got that exhaust leak fixed too, talkin with dayton to hopefully switch rims so i dont get that stupid rubbing crap, that messes me up bad