Jeep: 87 4.0 litre keeps destroying serpentine belt

Hello people,

I have a ' 87 XJ Wagoneer, 4.0 litre engine with 157.000 miles on it. It is
in top condition
and I have no complaints about this beautifull car.

Except that de serpentine belt once in a little while keeps getting damaged.
What happens is dat a 5mm part of the belt is being teared off on the engine
side,
it almost seems that the belt moves that 5 mm backwards to the engine and
that somewhere
touches the engine where it gets teared off. Eventually ending up being
winded around the fan.
If I cut this piece out, I can travel further with no troubles.

I have tried to adjust the pulley on the steeringpump, with no result. It
cost me more then 4 belts.

Is there anything else to adjust which can solve this problem.

Thanx, Rob

I also found a cracked pulley on my power steering pump that was
eating the belt but the hb was the main culprit.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:59:01 UTC Mike Romain <ca>
wrote:
 


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