Posted By: ct440rod
Alternator Belt - 02/08/23 06:31 PM
70 Challenger 440 mag stock alternator. Which manufacture sell a belt that look like a orginal ?
Thanks
Posted By: HEMICUDA
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/09/23 05:31 AM
Tractor Supply, they still have solid (non-cogged) belts.
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/09/23 03:18 PM
I dislike seeing a cogged belt on a earlier mopar. I have had good luck finding Mopar belts on ebay. Some of the later mopar V belts can be had fairly cheap. Those later versions usually start with a B000 number. The part number will tell you the size and width. Example
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174079563706
Posted By: ct440rod
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/09/23 04:30 PM
So if the belt I took off is 47.57 o.c. and .44 width what would that translate to Mopar number ?
thanks
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/11/23 01:11 AM
Look at the belt guide on the back of the belt. This one should be 48 1/2.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184185051799
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/11/23 01:16 AM
Here is a 47.5 but it is a jeep belt not cogged in the pic but i would ask first to make sure.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/124884805460
Posted By: topside
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/13/23 08:54 PM
I bought some belts from Quanta and they look pretty legit.
Got them from Classic Industries.
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/13/23 09:12 PM
I bought some belts from Quanta and they look pretty legit.
Got them from Classic Industries.
I don`t know for sure and maybe they have changed but if I remember correctly that the people who used those belts had problems with them stretching.
Posted By: topside
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/13/23 10:46 PM
Interesting - I hadn't given it a thought. - but thanks for the heads-up.
So I googled around, and there are numerous posts on different forums - including a Vette forum - about the Quanta belts stretching, twisting, and/or "flying off".
Whether that's still an issue years later, I can't tell, as there were no posts more recent than 10 years ago.
I'll have to see if anything else pops up before I install the things, and the existing belts appear fine and operate quietly anyway.
My thought at the time was to put the most correct ones I could find on the car; but I won't run junk if that's the case.
Posted By: 340cpe
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/15/23 01:52 AM
Years ago I had read the same negative statements regarding quanta belts, well I bought them and have had ZERO issues. Have them on two vehicles one of which they have been on for at least seven years and I have never had to retighten the. I’m currently doing a third car and it will also have them. Oh I am not an employee, relative ,etc.etc of anyone from that company either. Finally they do look the part, do not know of a belt that looks more original than an original.
Posted By: 05dakota
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/17/23 12:38 AM
and how much do you drive these cars???
Posted By: ct440rod
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/17/23 05:40 PM
So i think i have right belt size now 1/2 by 47.5 but now the belt is to big for the pulley on alternator. Do they make different size pulleys for alternators ?
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/17/23 06:01 PM
1/2 is too wide. Pulleys should be all the same for those years. Just single or dual groove
Posted By: 340cpe
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/18/23 02:52 AM
The car I’ve had them on for seven years several hundred miles a year average over that period.
Posted By: SomeCarGuy
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/18/23 04:26 AM
I put resto belts on last year and they were pure garbage. Stretched within 100 miles. Trash. Think they were quanta. I found some Continental belts at Summit that at least have flat and not cogged.
Posted By: CDN72SE
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/18/23 07:58 PM
Here in Canada I replaced mine with the same Dayco I had been running for years for my 360.
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Alternator Belt - 02/18/23 09:37 PM
Here in Canada I replaced mine with the same Dayco I had been running for years for my 360.
he is looking for original looking belts, I assume he means not cogged.