55.2-59 Serpentine belt- my journey

[01spirit750]

I am an avid / long time reader of this forum. I rarely post.

I thought I would show my madness.

When I built my truck I had the standard v belts. I always wanted to upgrade to a serpentine belt but I had issues that my setup was for a short water pump and I did not want to change everything to use a long water pump setup.

I was not real happy with the serpentine setups available for short water pumps.

I tried to make my own of steel and it worked but the pulley alignment was not perfect. I finally decided to machine my own out of aluminum.

I have no machining experience, but what the heck.

Here are a few pictures.