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• I have a chronic vee belt problem.
  • Have you checked the belt fore and aft alignment?
    • I am getting a lot of dust, and then failure.
      • Alternator Alignment
        • I'll recheck. You have more belt to pulley surface area,
          • Belt is a standard Gates XL
    • I once put mine on the wrong engine pulley
  • Is the engine a Yanmar???
    • It's a Nissan SD-22 diesel Rich. The WP sheeve looks good.
      • Tom..
        • That makes sense.
          • Rather than mess with the bracket...
            • That can work on some shafts
              • Checking Alignment
  • wider belt
    • The B series vee belt has about twice the load capacity of a 1/2 Vee belt
    • Did you change pulleys Andy?
      • same pulley just a wider belt
  • Tom, some belts will actually fit to far
    • I don't thin the belt is bottoming in the pulleys.
      • I was in La Paz with a friend last season and
      • Tom ... I was having a similar problem years ago ...