Belt alignment tool and system of use

A method for checking alignment of components of a pulley system of the type having a pair of pulleys intended to each be disposed in a substantially identical pulley plane and having opposed grooves for receiving a belt, the method comprising:

• providing a first laser alignment tool having;
• a tool body having an arcuate front surface, an opposed rear surface and a side mounting surface extending therebetween, the arcuate front surface having a target pattern thereon;
• and
• a laser light source operable to produce a planar laser light beam projecting from the arcuate front surface in a plane parallel to the mounting surface;
• providing a second laser light alignment tool having;
• a tool body having an arcuate front surface, an opposed rear surface and a side mounting surface extending therebetween, the arcuate front surface having a target pattern thereon;
• and
• a laser light source operable to produce a planar laser light beam projecting from the arcuate front surface in a plane parallel to the mounting surface;
• attaching the mounting surface of the first tool to a first pulley of a pulley system, the first pulley generally positioned in the plane parallel to the mounting surface of the first tool;
• attaching the mounting surface of the second tool to a second pulley of the pulley system, the second pulley generally disposed in the plane parallel to the mounting surface of the second tool, such that the target pattern of the first tool is directed toward the target pattern of the second tool;
• projecting the laser beam from the first tool toward the second tool and projecting the laser beam from the second tool toward the first tool;
• checking the position of the laser beam of the first tool relative to the target pattern of the second tool and the position of the laser beam of the second tool relative to the target pattern of the first tool, thereby checking the alignment of the pulley system.