Wildblue19
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Hello everyone,
I've got some belt slip issues on my dual-AC compressor serpentine setup.
When the AC head pressure is high and the compressors are hard to turn, my serpentine belt stretches. Enough slack is in the belt when this happens that on the slack side of the crank (between the crank pulley and compressor pulley) it will sometimes slip.
It got me wondering why the OE tensioner is on the tension side of the belt to begin with. OE setup:
Dual AC Setup with added tensioner on slack side (note that as it is installed right now, there is only an idler where the 2nd tensioner pulley is pictured below):
Obviously the factory single compressor setup works fine, but not for my special case. Is there any reason why if I were to pin the OE tensioner in place, a slack side tensioner wouldn't work? Is pinning the OE one in place even necessary (IE running 2 tensioners)? TIA!
I've got some belt slip issues on my dual-AC compressor serpentine setup.
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When the AC head pressure is high and the compressors are hard to turn, my serpentine belt stretches. Enough slack is in the belt when this happens that on the slack side of the crank (between the crank pulley and compressor pulley) it will sometimes slip.
It got me wondering why the OE tensioner is on the tension side of the belt to begin with. OE setup:
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Dual AC Setup with added tensioner on slack side (note that as it is installed right now, there is only an idler where the 2nd tensioner pulley is pictured below):
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Obviously the factory single compressor setup works fine, but not for my special case. Is there any reason why if I were to pin the OE tensioner in place, a slack side tensioner wouldn't work? Is pinning the OE one in place even necessary (IE running 2 tensioners)? TIA!
