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Jul 30, 2010 | 09:46 AM

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JAXRWILD

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Drive Belt Squeak

Drive Belt Squeak, At Start Up Goes Away Once Warm Up, Whats The Best Belt Dressing ?

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Jul 30, 2010 | 10:03 AM

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YNOT2K

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i'm guessing bad idler pulley (cheap and easy), or bad tensioner pulley (cheap and easy), or bad harmonic balancer (not so cheap and easy).

jeff

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Jul 30, 2010 | 10:22 AM

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I heard dressing is a no no on any car

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Jul 30, 2010 | 10:23 AM

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Take a bar of soap and hold it on the belt to lightly coat it while it is running (less messy than a dressing). If the squeeling stops after that you need a new belt, if it continues you need a new pulley. Try to isolate which one a replace it (not very difficult to do).

Good luck.

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Jul 30, 2010 | 10:45 AM

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Some times a slightly warped pully will do that.

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Jul 30, 2010 | 11:56 AM

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http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...dler+Pulley%29

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Jul 30, 2010 | 02:48 PM

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Mine also squeaked. Changed to a Gator belt (do a search on this).
Problem solved!

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Jul 30, 2010 | 03:20 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by day3165

Mine also squeaked. Changed to a Gator belt (do a search on this).
Problem solved!

Changing the belt won't fix the problem if it's a pulley that's squeeking. Make sure you isolate the problem before you start changing out parts...

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