Alternator Bracket

[enaberif]

Can someone give me some insight to what is happening here please. I know this is not a standard alternator bracket. Is this a problem with the water pump on the truck or the bracket itself?

[zieg85]

The upper bracket is wrong but should work if the belt lines up and the bracket will tighten the belt.  If you need the right bracket I have a few extra sitting on a shelf.

[enaberif]

The upper bracket is wrong but should work if the belt lines up and the bracket will tighten the belt.  If you need the right bracket I have a few extra sitting on a shelf.

Yeah everything lines up but I need to use nearly 1" of washers to tighten the alternator down. For now I'll make it work but I will be fore sure getting proper bracket.

[Engineer]

Ugh.

Yeah, you need the factory bracket in the worst way.

[Magic1]

I had the same type bracket on mine and had trouble with the belt squealing. No matter how much I shimmed it I couldn't get it just right. Then when I was ordering an electric fan from summit I saw they had a chrome alternator bracket that bolts to the bottom of the water pump and has an adjustment on top with a heim joint on each end and a threaded sleeve to loosen or tighten the tension.  Best 25$ I've spent in a while. No more squeal or belt wandering and very simple to adjust.

[enaberif]

So I tried an aftermarket adapter.. not a hope in heck it was going to work.. Looks like this will be the usable one for the foreseeable future until I get an oem one.