Belt still squeaks, chirps, squeals, even after new belt and idler pulley!
Today i replaced the belt to a nice Goodyear Gatorback belt hoping it would fix the squeak i got over a month back. a week after the squeak i also replaced idler tensioner pulley. The damn jeep still squeaks! I tightened the belt to were its decently hard to twist 90 degrees. Is it a pulley? is it allignment of the pulleys? is it a bearing? anyone have this problem with brand new belt and idler pulley? could greasing fix the problem?
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does having your ac on or off change it? i had to tighten the heck out of mine to get it to stop.
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Is it possible that one or more of the pulleys has something on it (belt dressing, etc)? If so, remove the belt and clean the pulleys w/ brake cleaner.
Also, these engines seem to like alot of tension on the belt. |
the clutch doesnt even engage whether its on or off. would it still make a difference because i honestly havent tried yet. could you get the belt to turn half way with just your fingers/wrist?
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would carbon cleaner work the same?
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Like Navy, I had to tighten the crap out of mine to get rid of the squeek. Mine would only happen when it was hot and I ran the AC, but a little tightening never hurt a belt. I have been running on it for more than five years and 100,000 miles.
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mine usually only on startup for 3-20 seconds depending on outside temp. or if i have the defrost or ac on it puts a lil load on it and squeels on up. belt dressing is a bandaid. you can tighten it quite a bit without having issues and get rid of that annoying squeeal
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While its chirping. Spray some dang WD 40 on each pulley. Once you find the one that quits chirping replace those bearings. How hard is that even a girl can figure that out.
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no need to spray a thing. just tighten it a little at a time until it goes away. worked for me. too tight kills other bearings...like the alternator ;)
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Originally Posted by neonzion
(Post 2155998)
would carbon cleaner work the same?
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alright guys, tightening did the trick. it still slightly squeaks but its much better. everywhere tells me it should be able to twist at a 90 degree angle but with how hard i had to tighten it, that isnt possible
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