Squeaky Belt?

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Dec 28, 2007 | 05:51 PM

GOWINGS

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Squeaky Belt?

So I had a new underdrive pulley thrown on because the old one had a serious wobble. With the new pulley came new belts, although now I have one heck of a squeak that is crazy annoying! I have done searches and dont think the answer is using candle wax or soap on the belt. Any other ideas what I can do to fix or what else it can be?

Dec 28, 2007 | 07:24 PM

JCSZ51

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My quick thoughts on it would be first make sure the balancer has not walked forward at all.

Try pulling the AC belt off and see if that is the one sqeeling. Most people agree that the gatorback belt is the best for keeping quite. You can pick them up at an Autozone.

Dec 28, 2007 | 07:28 PM

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Check your pulleys and tensioner, narrow it done to which belt and as mentioned above get a Gatorback belt.

Dec 28, 2007 | 10:42 PM

GOWINGS

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Great thanks for the tip I will see if it is that belt. It only squeaks when accelerating and not idling, is that a typical indicator of the ac belt?

Dec 29, 2007 | 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by GOWINGS

It only squeaks when accelerating and not idling, is that a typical indicator of the ac belt?

Not necessarily.My Ac belt and tensioner were the reason behind my squeaking but it squeaked on startup,acceleration and cruise.

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