serpentine belt

[berniescout]

anybody had trouble with goodyear gatorback belts?? had two bad ones in a row. 97 s-10 blazer. with ac, auto. 82,000 miles noise from belt and or pully. replaced idler and tenioner. water pump was leaking replaced also altenator bearing had some play so i replaced it. i work part time at auto zone and pulled a new gatorback off the shelf, had same marking in the valleys as the ones i bought my guess is they had a bad run of belts. I put the old belt back on, gates. noise gone for 2000 miles. now noise starting again. next i will try e a kelly springfield belt. sorry about the other post i get carried away when i type fast. i hope this better

[BlazerLT]

Can you break this down into section instead of one run on sentence.

Really hard to make out what you are saying.

[Rick Norwood]

Hey Bro, fast typing doesn't help if we can't make any sense out of what you're saying. Your thread sounds interesting as I have had a few bad belts myself. Try again and slow down.

[harry123]

I just bought a gator back, but have not yet installed it. It's one of those that's wrapped in the engine mount, so I only want to do this once!
Got it from Auto Zone, thinking it was a better belt than the original....now I'm not so sure.

[sinzn0more]

autozone gatorback belts suck
My friend kept going thru them on his dodge

[BlazerLT]

I heard everyone is having problems with them.

Do Delco or go home I guess is the only way.

[slammed s10 87]

Originally Posted by harry123

I just bought a gator back, but have not yet installed it. It's one of those that's wrapped in the engine mount, so I only want to do this once!
Got it from Auto Zone, thinking it was a better belt than the original....now I'm not so sure.

GATOR BACKS SUCK I BLEW THEW LIKE 3 OF THEM IN A MONTH. IVE BEEN RUNNING A REGULAR NAPA BELT IN THERE FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS AAND HAD NO PROBLEMS YET...-LEE

[BlazerLT]

Do you have to yell?

[mike2004tct]

Originally Posted by BlazerLT

Do you have to yell?

He made his point. I won't buy a Gator Back Belt (Someone should've yelled about the FRAM filters quite some time ago)

(Then again, I'm hard-of-hearing..., not to be confused with selective hearing that I selectively use on the family)

[benwa]

Have 1993 S-10 Blazer. Just changed the belt. Have had the vehicle for three years now. Belt that was on there was a Gator Back. So I put a Gator Back on. Is something maybe different with the engines that is causing these problems? (i.e. pulleys maybe). Has anyone had a problem with a Gator Back belt on a 94 or older?