Serp belt or pulley?
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Serp belt or pulley?
Hello, here recently in my area the cold is coming in, and in the mornings it seems if i dont warm up my cherokee a high pitched squeak comes from the engine, i went to the auto store today to get a price on a new serp belt but the guy at the auto store told me it may possibly be some sort of pulley that can be worn out and told me to look for signs of wear on it, but i dont even know what kind of pulley or what would be considered wear on that pulley if i found it..
can anybody shed some light on my situation please.
can anybody shed some light on my situation please.
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Get a pry bar and try to wiggle every pull forward/backward. The one that has play is most likely the culprit. Or get a 1/2" copper pipe, long one, and when the squeak is happening put the pipe to each pulley and the other side near your ear, when you find the pulley it will amplify that sound through the pipe. Just be careful doing that one.
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Check your tension pulley. There are supposed to be two bolts. One of the bolts fell off of mine and I was getting that loud squealing.
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Hello, here recently in my area the cold is coming in, and in the mornings it seems if i dont warm up my cherokee a high pitched squeak comes from the engine, i went to the auto store today to get a price on a new serp belt but the guy at the auto store told me it may possibly be some sort of pulley that can be worn out and told me to look for signs of wear on it, but i dont even know what kind of pulley or what would be considered wear on that pulley if i found it..
can anybody shed some light on my situation please.
can anybody shed some light on my situation please.
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If this has been happening for any amount of time more than a few days, chances are the offending pulley will have more black dust/belt pieces attached than all others.
But +1 on the pulley wobbling, unless its just a seizing pulley. It may just be spinning slower and not wobbling.
But +1 on the pulley wobbling, unless its just a seizing pulley. It may just be spinning slower and not wobbling.
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it doesnt happen whilst idling, only when im applying gas it makes the noise. which pulley would be the tension pull? is there a diagram somewhere i can check?
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It'll be the two pullies that aren't really attached to anything. They just spin themselves, nothing behind them.
One is near the alt, one is near the psteering pump.
One is near the alt, one is near the psteering pump.
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i dont mean to hijack this thread. but in my 95 cherokee the whine only happens when im ideling in park or in drive and only if it has been raining or wet outside when im at a light. it doesnt whine or squeel when driving. So what could mine be??
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Check condition of belt and if its OK then check to make sure the tensioner is tight enough.
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