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My rule of thumb is that you should have your belt tight enough to be able to turn the engine over with a 21mm wrench on the generator nut(since that's how I set the valves). If you have any glaze at all on that belt, dump it and get a good Gates or other name brand. Be wary of Italian imports, I started out with one of those, had to get rid of it in 6 months, was totally stretched out. This Gates has lasted at least 4 years, no cracks, checks or glazing yet. On your charging problem, there's a lot of things that need to be looked at if you haven't already. The regulator under the seat is grounded by the mounting screws, I had a lot of trouble with mine since that area is really rusty. I had to run a separate ground to the car body from the regulator body. The condition of your battery ground strap and terminals will have a lot to do with it, too. FInally, you might just have a wornout generator and it's time for a rebuild. The brushes on the generator have no connection to your pulley shims, if you look in the hole at the front you can see one, with the spring on it(assuming it's still there). These wear out, can be replaced for about $5. If your commutator is rough they'll wear out again, rapidly. Best thing to do is to get the generator overhauled and the commutator turned smooth if the brushes are that worn, not a big deal. About a 10 minute job for the machine shop with the right setup, I do my own. If you can see a lot of sparks when the thing is charging, it's worn. On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:52:29 EST, you wrote: >my notch started to squeel last week(gen. belt) and it started getting to the >point where my generator wasnt charging my battery fully. i finally got >around to tightening the belt, by taking out one shim from the pully. the belt >is tight now, not too tight, but im still getting a little squeel when i >decellerate. its only a quick squeel and my gen is getting the full >charge(most of the time, except today after i droveabout 40 miles, she >hessitated a bit before turning over) so whats the prob? do i need to put >some belt dressing on it or did i possibly tighten it too much, (i only took >out one shim)could i cause damage to my gen brushes by tightening too much? > also, i stopped by a local pick and pull which happened to have a pant load >of vw's.(only bugs and ghias) after scrounging through all the mutilated and >stripped carcases, i happened to stumble across a 67 bug in which somebody had >overlooked that this bug had a set of brand new kyb gas-adjust shocks. i plan >on going back in a few days and pull these shocks. what i need to know is if >these will fit on my notch(64), if not, anyone in the sacramento roseville >area, ill be happy to tell you which pick-n-pull its at if you have a bug in >need of some pretty nice and almost new shocks for probabally a good damn >price. this bug also had pop out windows, which i wonder if the hinges would >fit on my notch. i have pop out glass but no hinges.. >thanks to all > >tom >64 notch >97 jetta