SQUEALING Pulley?
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SQUEALING Pulley?
My 2000 6-speed convertible has an awful sqeal or squeak that changes with engine RPM. I do not think it is the belt. Has anyone else here ever had something like this happen in their 'Vette? I opened the hood and tried to locate it to no avail. Any ideas about what I am up against?
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My 2000 6-speed convertible has an awful sqeal or squeak that changes with engine RPM. I do not think it is the belt. Has anyone else here ever had something like this happen in their 'Vette? I opened the hood and tried to locate it to no avail. Any ideas about what I am up against?
I replaced it and it is all gone now!
The pulley's bearings got dry and started to grind!
Take a can of WD-40 -be careful- and get down ther with the supplied traw and give the pulley bearing (center) a shot and the idler pulley a shot of WD-40.
Do not spray the wheel or belt - just spray the center as it will pull it into the bearing and quiet it down, which will be a temp soloution but will identify the culprit!
Thanks,Matt
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Sometime it IS just the belt. Replace that before you go spending any real money.
That said, mine had a recurring squeak and I ended up replacing every tensioner and pulley, but it kept coming back. It wasn't until I replaced the harmonic balancer that it quit for good.
That said, mine had a recurring squeak and I ended up replacing every tensioner and pulley, but it kept coming back. It wasn't until I replaced the harmonic balancer that it quit for good.
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