Comments on: Squealing drive belt. http://www.theonlinemechanic.com/2007/03/04/squealing-drive-belt/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:51:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: selicia http://www.theonlinemechanic.com/2007/03/04/squealing-drive-belt/#comment-716 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:17:12 +0000 http://www.theonlinemechanic.com/2007/03/04/squealing-drive-belt/#comment-716 can anyone tell me if i have a bad alternater belt can that cause my reverse gear not to work as well. thank you! selicia can anyone tell me if i have a bad alternater belt can that cause my reverse gear not to work as well.

thank you!
selicia

]]> by: michael http://www.theonlinemechanic.com/2007/03/04/squealing-drive-belt/#comment-452 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:30:49 +0000 http://www.theonlinemechanic.com/2007/03/04/squealing-drive-belt/#comment-452 i have a 1979 Jeep Cherokee .i just recently changed my alternator due to falty bearings, i checked the voltage before i changed the alternator and it was reading 14.35,i replaced the belts before i went out to buy one. and it still was squealling so i replaced the alternator with a rebuilt one. and it only charged at 12.25 and it squealls very loudly. the battery was charged over night on a trickel charge and tested good, i adjusted the belts, but the tightest was the 12.25 reading. i took the ground wire off the battery and the squealling stoped but the reading from the alternator was 16.45. this is the second time i replaced it in two days with the same problem. my old alternator charged good but squealled, my two new alternators squeall and charged bad. could it just be two bad alternators? or a grounded wire? i have a 1979 Jeep Cherokee .i just recently changed my alternator due to falty bearings, i checked the voltage before i changed the alternator and it was reading 14.35,i replaced the belts before i went out to buy one. and it still was squealling so i replaced the alternator with a rebuilt one. and it only charged at 12.25 and it squealls very loudly. the battery was charged over night on a trickel charge and tested good, i adjusted the belts, but the tightest was the 12.25 reading. i took the ground wire off the battery and the squealling stoped but the reading from the alternator was 16.45. this is the second time i replaced it in two days with the same problem. my old alternator charged good but squealled, my two new alternators squeall and charged bad. could it just be two bad alternators? or a grounded wire?

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