are you saying you have to leave the water pump loose then get the belt on then tighten the pump?
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Im almost afraid to answer this, Maybe SCD should tell you? But yes, there is no way to get a correctly sized surp belt on with the water pump installed. You leave the pump loose get belt on and tighten pump. My good friend who builds Winston "Cup" motors at PME down in Morsville NC had to tell me the trick to get it on. And SCD, dont care who Na$car sells out to, will always be Winston Cup to me.
Dave
That's how I did my v-belt, thought it would be bad for the bearings in the pump but only way I could get it to stay tight. Thought I might be able to get away from it with a serpentine everyone says how great they are. So either keep up my old ways or get a tensioner. Thanks Dave and everyone else. Even you scd good buddy I mean pot err ughh are you kettle?
And this coming from the guy that couldn't get his tight, thats funny Jeff, you do have a sense of humor. And thanks for being a fan and following our accomplishments, message me your address and size and I'll get a shirt out to you. Dont forget to give us a like us on FB!
Dave
For the person the left the reputation comment: I guess I didnt make it clear. I only have a serpentine belt from the crank to the water pump. I dont run a rear mount PS pump, it's front mount, driven by a V belt off a crank mandrel mounted pulley. The PS belt wont slip because there isnt a big 4 blade fan causing all the drag hooked to it. With no tensioner from the crank to the water pump, you can imagine how hard it is to get on, because its banjo string tight.
Dave
Some stewart water pumps will have sloted mounting holes with a set screw on top.So you can tighten the belts after the water pump is mounted.I have sloted the holes and added set screw on other pumps to get alittle adjustment.