looking for a 91 civic alternator pulley, to do the alternator move on my 86 accord, the four rib pulley, i haven't been having any luck at all finding one. it happens to match the original ac pulley groove for the accord, and the alternator is going where the ac was, thanks guys!!

 

You can put a 3-rib belt on, even though the crank pulley has 4 grooves. The belt will run OK and stay in the 3 grooves you place it on.

 

well the factory alternator has five grooves, and the civic pulley has four,matches the AC belt and the four grooves in the crankshaft pulley,

 

Well then I would imagine that you could put the 4-rib belt on even though the alternator has 5 grooves.

 

I just don't like doing things half *** is all, there's a lot of work in this car already, i would rather put the correct pulley on this accord alternator.

 

It's really not that "half ***." I have a Mazda that came from the factory with the belt narrower than the pulley like that.

 

I looked at doing that, but it looks like the belt could skip a groove and start running misaligned, i found out a 98 pulley will work too, the one for the mitsu alternator, 15mm bore pulley, so i'm still looking for one.

 

bumping this back up, i can use a 98 one, the one with the 15mm bore, I need it to get my alternator finished moving

 

bump, how difficult can it be to find an alternator?