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homemade87 · 11-07-2017, 08:33 AM

If you have not added any other accessories that need extra power then you are fine with your wiring . Al tho the alt is capable of 130 amps it will not produce it until it is called upon . The alt is not throwing 130amps at your truck . You truck is only using what it needs like before .

As long as the tensioner still has room to move on the spring the belt should be ok and nothing to worry about . AS for the heat the alt does get pretty hot to the touch . It is generating power and will get pretty hot . Under hood with the engine it will take some time to cool off . But does not affect the operation .

I would leave it alone and run it . It sounds just fine as long as the tensioner has room . Easy enough to tell . Put a 15mm on the bolt and see how much the tensioner moves .

11-07-2017, 08:33 AM	#2
homemade87 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Guntersville Alabama Posts: 1,073	Re: 2001 Z71/5.3 Alternator question If you have not added any other accessories that need extra power then you are fine with your wiring . Al tho the alt is capable of 130 amps it will not produce it until it is called upon . The alt is not throwing 130amps at your truck . You truck is only using what it needs like before . As long as the tensioner still has room to move on the spring the belt should be ok and nothing to worry about . AS for the heat the alt does get pretty hot to the touch . It is generating power and will get pretty hot . Under hood with the engine it will take some time to cool off . But does not affect the operation . I would leave it alone and run it . It sounds just fine as long as the tensioner has room . Easy enough to tell . Put a 15mm on the bolt and see how much the tensioner moves .