Hello all, last fall we purchased a 1997 Crownline 202BR with the 5.7/Alpha 1 in it. The person who had it before always had a dealer winterize it and 2 years ago they didn't get all the water out and cracked the block, so they installed a new motor. It runs great so no problems there but I noticed it had belt squeal that got worse the more gas I gave it. It has the star bolt style tensioner and I think it had been tightened to much because the bracket had a slight bent in it so we replaced that. When I reinstalled the belt I set it with about 1/4in of deflection. Now the squeal is still there and have noticed the belt rides on the outside edge of the water circulation pump. On top of that when I put a straight edge on the power steering pump it is pulled in about 1/4in and the alt is in about 1/8. I'm thinking they may not be mounted properly because the ps is sitting crooked in the mounting bracket. Looking for some help on this and would really appreciate it if somone could take a few pics of how thieir ps is mounted mainly of how the rear mounting bolts and spacers are done. Thank you.
