Ok guys there is my problem, I sold my caddy so I will be using the Ty for now until I find another daily not that I drive it everyday but the belt is squeaky. I put a new serpintine on it so I know it is not a worn belt but when I put it on it jumps and cuts one grove off the belt. I figured maybe I didnt get it on right so I bought another belt and made sure it was on in the right spot and it did it again. I was wondering if maybe I have a bar pulley somewhere or what would caust this? It is also squeaky at idle and get a little louder when I am driving. Not a squeal yet but I dont want it to get to that. Once it cuts that one grove off the belt it is fine and does not move after that. Any ideas of what it could be?
Squeaky belt
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simpleman01
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Re: Squeaky belt
Could be an alignment problem with a pulley or accessory. Are all bolts in place and tightened? Could be bad bearings on one of your accessories allowing wobble. Possible something (hose clamp, custom bracket, etc) is making contact with the edge of the belt. Suggest you eyeball all the accessories to make sure they're in the same plane. Also watch the pulleys while engine idling. If you're still having a problem, the next time the belt is removed grab each accessory's pulley and see if it has slop. Good luck
Could be an alignment problem with a pulley or accessory. Are all bolts in place and tightened? Could be bad bearings on one of your accessories allowing wobble. Possible something (hose clamp, custom bracket, etc) is making contact with the edge of the belt. Suggest you eyeball all the accessories to make sure they're in the same plane. Also watch the pulleys while engine idling. If you're still having a problem, the next time the belt is removed grab each accessory's pulley and see if it has slop. Good luck
Bill Z
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Re: Squeaky belt
I had a similar problem on my Typhoon. Turned out to be the bolt and bushing that holds the idler pulley. It was off just enough that caused the belt to travel to the edge. Know that the aftermarket setup was what went wrong. The aftermarket stuff wants you to reuse the bolt and it was the bolt that had the ware. I had to pay the big bucks to get the genuine GM part because it came with all new stuff.
On my 2 wheel drive S10, I didn’t have the pulley problem but the belt squealed at idle. It was embarrassing. I tried dressing and stuff. Worked for a short time. What really fixed it was a gator belt. It has extra ribs on both sides. Problem went away.
Hope this helps.
I had a similar problem on my Typhoon. Turned out to be the bolt and bushing that holds the idler pulley. It was off just enough that caused the belt to travel to the edge. Know that the aftermarket setup was what went wrong. The aftermarket stuff wants you to reuse the bolt and it was the bolt that had the ware. I had to pay the big bucks to get the genuine GM part because it came with all new stuff.
On my 2 wheel drive S10, I didn’t have the pulley problem but the belt squealed at idle. It was embarrassing. I tried dressing and stuff. Worked for a short time. What really fixed it was a gator belt. It has extra ribs on both sides. Problem went away.
Hope this helps.
