Squeeling V belt and CVF alternator

Two concerns to address
1) Syleng1 is right about too much tension can damage bearings in water pump and alternator.
2) Justin, you state you keep “picking up on the alternator” to tension the belt.

The factory service manual has a belt tension spec and a belt tension tool that is a lever that hooks to the alternator to get to that tension. Therefore you are not even close to proper belt tension with your method, and not at risk of water pump damage yet. Make a way to get a lever to hook onto the alternator to get to proper tension. I used 50 foot pounds in a torque wrench as what felt good for what I made up, still have belt deflection with a much tighter belt and NO belt squeal.

Also I think the water pump is where the squeal is because look at how little belt contact for a component that pumps water… like a dynamometer… only belt that doesn’t wrap around the pulley more than 1/4 of the circumference.