Stupid belt squeal
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Stupid belt squeal
so i changed my tensioner and belt a couple days ago and yet again the squeal has come back any ideas its starting to **** me of... ill have to stick it in the car crusher at work and then see who squeals
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i know this might sound obvious and you might have already tried it but try spraying all of the pullys and belt accessories with a little wd-40 or whatever you like to use. when ever i start a vehicle up that i haven't ran in awhile sometimes the belt will squeal really bad and a little lubrication clears it right up.
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I had a squeal on my pickup I changed the tensioner and the idler pully too ,2 new belts from (advanced auto) .Then I went and bought a belt at napa and that fixed it.Yup I was pissed then. I also tried that spray the belt trick it hardly ever works on a serpentine belts on the old v-grooves it worked but nomore.
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ill try the wd-40 trick... and probily ill change the belt... if that dont help im gonna change the pwr steer pump see if that works
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the quallity of the belt Will make a differance. i had the same squeel problem, thought i had a bad pulley, so i inspected all of them and found that the belt had alot of weather check on it, so i went to my local parts store and picked up the cheapest one i could find. BAD *&(^$ choice. it squeeled worse than the one i had, so then i got a gates and no more squeel.
yeah i paid more money but when it comes to belts,,, just get a good one.
yeah i paid more money but when it comes to belts,,, just get a good one.
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yea the first day i put the new belt on it stopped second day no problems... third day little squealin every so often... forth day full blown case of the squeals maybe i should stop going mud boggin that would help some
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By the way - WD-40, belt quiet, stop squeal, or any other crap in a can will not fix your belt, ever... When have you used a lubricant to keep something from slipping?
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99 whitelightning: Here is an old mechanic trick for squeeking belts. Take a little dielectric grease and put it on the underside of the belt. It will instantly stop you squeeking sound if it is from the belt. It works like a champ every time.
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