2002 Saturn Vue serpentine belt

2002 SATURN VUE
156,000 MILES
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TYWAN
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Belt keeps shredding causing vehicle to loose power and overheat, just replaced the serpentine belt less than a mouth ago when it shredded before because the pulley plastic grooves came completely off causing the belt to be loosened...what could be possibly going wrong with the serpentine belt or the wheels that keep the belt spinning?

Oct 2, 2013 at 6:42 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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which engine do you have.
Oct 2, 2013 at 6:57 PM
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MADMIKE1735
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the only pulley that causes your belt to turn is the crankshaft pulley.... this is what drives the belt.... what plastic pulley lost its grooves??? the tensioner pulley??? once the belt is off, verify every pulley turns freely, and that there is no "freeplay" in the pulley bearings... you can do this by trying to pull away from the engine block.... there should be no play.... if a pulley rocks side to side as you pull it away from the block, its no good.... replace it....
Oct 6, 2013 at 4:11 PM
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