Good morning everybody, hope everyone had a good weekend! Anyways, I need some help. This weekend, my alternator belt snapped on me...twice! my buddy was running my car pretty hard and my battery light came on...quick inspection, and sure enough, the alternator belt was gone, vanished, nada...so a quick trip to the local autozone, and 10 minutes later back in business...so my buddy with the lead foot decides to "test it out"...once again, the belt snapped...was the belt too tight? could it be one of the pulleys? any recommedations other than not letting my friend drive my car anymore! haha, thanks!

 

wrong belt, too tight, or something on the pulley is cutting into it.

 

probably wrong belt or too tight. get a belt from ur honda dealer and follow the repair manual on how much slack u should have. good luck

 

I'm going with too tight. A shop manual will have the actual amount of deflection the belt should have, but basically, it should have a little bit of slack in it. Tough to quantify. You'll also need to go back and retighten it in about 1000 miles as it will stretch just a bit.

 

thanks for the tips! i know i should've got a dealer oem belt, but they are closed on sundays...i'll get one from the dealer today and we'll see what happens! thanks again