Interesting thread. My 240d is a 85 euro spec. the altenator pulley seems out of alignment with the crank and water pump pulleys. the long pivot bolt was missing when I obtained the car. I replaced it with a 6" long or something like that weeks ago. The other day the belt, which seemed to be rubbing a bit on the engine side jumped off the pulleys. Not sure what that was about, but it happened the day after I had stiffened up the forked bracket that aids in tensioning the alt. When you ran the tube nut down to pull the alt. up, the bracket would bend. So I welded a piece of steel on top of the fork in the car. since the belt jumped, I thought it's time to straighten the threaded rod, fork, etc. Removed that and rewelded a newly fabricated, stronger fork to the bracket.
I was gonna ask if the pully on the front of the alt. can be be moved foward on the shaft. I'm guessing woodruff key, and maybe set screw?
any of you folks done this before?
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