skylolow Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Well replaced my starter last Sunday. While was dirty I thought I should take care of the alternator since the car is a 1997 with 125,000 miles on it. Well replaced the alternator and was putting on a new belt. Went with the Goodyear Gatorbelt since I read some pleased results with it on other cars. Here is the problem the Gatorbelt seems to be about a solid 1" to 1 3/4" short. I push down the tensioner all the way(to where it bottoms out) and the belt is just way short. Even if by some miracle feat of strength I got the belt on the tensioner, it would be bottomed out. I made sure I had the right belt and according to Goodyear it is. Has anyone ran into this problem or I'm I missing something here??? What belt should I put on since it seems the Gatorback has a production issue on the Lexus. And yes I got the belt going the right way through all pulleys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicol-ini Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 hi, use DAYCO Polycog part# 5060875 available thru schucks or kragen, used it on my 96 no issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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