I got a new alternator last year....they have a metal sleeve that's pressed into the part that goes into where the pivot bolt goes to help center it. When I tighten down the alternator pivot bolt, the metal sleeve in the alt. bushing presses against the sleeve in the alternator bracket and moves it...so then my alternator is out of alignment.
I'm not tightening the pivot bolt too hard...in fact, I left it a little too loose to avoid this problem and the alternator was c-ocked a bit. I tried to tighten it up slowly and carefully and it started moving the sleeve, so now my belt squeaks bad. This is aggravating...is there a way to solve this?