VW Golf Mk2 Owners Club

I woke at around 4am this morning thinking something similar... that maybe the belts are in the wrong place?

Scared the wits out of the dog going out to the garage to check, or else I'd never have gone back to sleep.

The PAS / water pump and the smaller outer crankshaft pulleys all line up together, the alt. and rearmost larger crank pulley are by themselves.

It's entirely down to the PAS belt being way too tight a fit... because of how the bracket works the tension is pulling the PAS pump up towards the water pump, but also more worryingly taking it away from the vertical too, meaning they're not only touching but not perfectly aligned either.

Not an ideal pic. to show the correct alignment, infact makes them look way off, but this is it set up perfectly, obviously less the belt.