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    Offline BadJoey

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    Belts
    « on: June 28, 2015 - 07:59:46 AM »
    Hoping someone will look under their hood for me .I have 2 belts on the front of my motor . 1 goes from the pulley to the water pump to the power steering pump . The second goes from the alternator to the front pulley .


    A friend thinks it should be one belt goes from the alt to the pump to front pulley .  the second belt should be between the PS pump and the front pulley .

    As always THANKS I get lots of help here and it makes things easier .

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    Offline 734406pk

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    Re: Belts
    « Reply #1 on: June 28, 2015 - 08:59:36 AM »
    What size engine do you have? Do you have a dual groove water pump pulley?
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    Offline brads70

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    Re: Belts
    « Reply #2 on: June 28, 2015 - 09:28:19 AM »
    You have it right as far as the factory made it, but I went with the second way you mentioned just for the reason, IF I broke either belt I'm not sitting on the side of the road.
    « Last Edit: June 28, 2015 - 10:39:39 AM by brads70 »
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    Offline mopar jack

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    Re: Belts
    « Reply #3 on: June 28, 2015 - 09:45:47 AM »
    Only problem I see with both belts going around the water pump would be the extra load on the pump bearing.
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    Offline Chryco Psycho

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    Re: Belts
    « Reply #4 on: June 28, 2015 - 11:24:09 AM »
    the factory had the crank to PS separate
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    Offline cudabob496

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    Re: Belts
    « Reply #5 on: June 28, 2015 - 07:41:49 PM »
    E-bodies don't need power steering at all, and you can save weight, room, and hp!
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    Offline BadJoey

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    Re: Belts
    « Reply #6 on: June 29, 2015 - 03:31:50 AM »
    My water pump pulley has 2 groves ' how ever that does not mean anything . My motor was apart when I got the car and I have a couple of pump pulleys . The ps belt has been making a funny sound since day one under a heavy load  :burnout: . I'm thinking Chryco and my friend Mark are right about the way the belts should go . Either way the cooling system is currently drained (heater core) so I'm going to change the pump pulley to a single grove pulley and run the belts ps pump to  crank pulley . then crank front pulley to alt to water pump . I'm crossing my fingers , I hate the noise the belt makes now .
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