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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 10:02 PM
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I've been having a squeaking problem and has finally pissed me off. I pulled off the belts one at a time and neither of them, so I start with nothing and it's still squeaking therefore leaving the balancer as the culprit. Now the catch, it's an aftermarket auto specialties performance balancer. It does not wobble or anything of the nature, does anyone have any way to fix this that doesn't require dropping the cradle or buying new parts.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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I've been having a squeaking problem and has finally pissed me off. I pulled off the belts one at a time and neither of them, so I start with nothing and it's still squeaking therefore leaving the balancer as the culprit. Now the catch, it's an aftermarket auto specialties performance balancer. It does not wobble or anything of the nature, does anyone have any way to fix this that doesn't require dropping the cradle or buying new parts.
Have you verified that it's the balancer with a stethoscope? If it is I think your looking at replacing it...
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 02:17 AM
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I've been having a squeaking problem and has finally pissed me off. I pulled off the belts one at a time and neither of them, so I start with nothing and it's still squeaking therefore leaving the balancer as the culprit. Now the catch, it's an aftermarket auto specialties performance balancer. It does not wobble or anything of the nature, does anyone have any way to fix this that doesn't require dropping the cradle or buying new parts.
To be clear. The balancer is not wobbling, or separating. You removed both belts, and still have a squeaking noise, so you have concluded it is the balancer??
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 02:45 AM
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removed both belts and squeaking is still there, and no it is not wobbling/moving at all.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:39 AM
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What installation guide did you use? Di you use the OEM TTY bolt or an aftermarket multi-use type.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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I honestly have no idea, it came on the car almost 2 years ago
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The only thing the balancer should be MAYBE touching is the timing cover seal??
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Originally Posted by mustangracer
I honestly have no idea, it came on the car almost 2 years ago
had the same prolbem with the same brand name damper swapped out with ATI no more noise.
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lup302 any ideas what was causing the noise?
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