Hey guys, my damn v-belts keep f*cking breaking, do you guys know what it might be?, the second day I had the car they broke, I took the car to a place to put them on cause I was working and didn't have time to do it my self. Well it has been about 6,000 and about 3 months now and they broke on the interstate after I gave the car some gas to pass somebody. Well nothing is lockedup, nothing was too loose or too tight, what could it be? Need help asap, please! Thanks, oh yeah, the car is a 97 auto gst, let me know guys, Xavier @ 813-368-4936

 

BJ told me it could be the crank pulley, I have to look at first, but I have to wait till around 4pm till the tow truck brings it to my house to see if the pulley is f*cked or not, let me know, thanks guys, Xavier

 

wtf is a v belt?

 

man, they are the drive belts for the accessories

 

which belt is it? is the the power steering,alternator or ac belt?

 

well, I only had the main belt on at the time, (water pump, alternator, crank), so basically that is the one that broke

 

Post pictures of the belt breakage and wear patterns.

 

cars not here, It's getting towed, it will be here later, and there is no belt to take a picture of, they flew off on the interstate, all that is left is a little chunk by the motor mount. I do know that it broke off in pieces though, like part of it came off but it still had some belt on there for few seconds, then it broke completely off.

 

check if there is any play on the pulleys especially crank pulley and also check if there are any sharp edges or notches in the pulleys

 

well, I got all the belts and crank pulley brand new, come to find out their was a chunk torn off the pulley and it was a little jagged, their were also some notches in it, I got everything on, but the dickheads at the parts store gave me the wrong water pump, alternator, crank belt. The belt is 28", which is atleast an inch too short, do you guys know what size that belt should be?, well either way, I gotta finish it in the morning hopefully to make it to work on time, cause the parts stores just closed at 9pm, thanks for the help guys, Xavier