riceburner

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whatup yall,

ok so recently my belt has been squeaking, mostly on cold start ups and then goes away after a few mins when its warmed up. didn't bother me much...

now all of a sudden its squeaking throughout more of the rpm range.

i'm on a 2.8" pulley, gm stage 2 belt, multiple pulley system. my tensioner isn't moving/vibrating, the s/c pulley seems to be right in line with the rest of the pulleys. and i had it like this for 3 months now. any ideas?

i've searched, so far all i came up with is 'switch the belt around' and i think that means 180 degree turnaround, not inverse the belt. can anyone clarify that?

otherwise, looks like i might need to bring her in somewhere. how do u check the system with a 'stethoscope'? not sure since its pulleys were dealing with here on a running car

SunburstSS

iTrader: (48)

the belt has ribs on both sides top and bottom, so just flip it inside out and reinstall it..

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

have u ever had to do that?? it was such a pita to install that sucker

oh, ALSO, forgot to mention i tried to add a little belt 'stop squeak' stuff and it only made it worse

SunburstSS

iTrader: (48)

lol yeap i did that last year and the squeek went away almost completely, once in a blue moon it'll do it on a cold start up but its faint I have the oem s2 belt, the aftermarket ones suck bigtimes !

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

ok forsure i guess i'll go and give that a try thanks for the help

so theres no better belt such as a gatorback or w/e? just stick with gm?

Powell Race Parts

iTrader: (3)

check alignment; it probably is off at the air conditioning compressor by a rib...

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

ill check when i flip the belt! thanks for the advice

Whitnith

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If nothing else give Sean a call. He's good at finding where things are squeaking and fixing them.

Like did you know there are little thing that can cause the hood to vibrate and squeak, and a simple twist will stop it? I went crazy trying to figure it out before I told him about it. Took him 10 seconds to know what it was and fix it.

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

haha yea i might give him a call, what was the hood thing squeaking? for future reference, as any problem discussed on this forum is bound to happen on my car at some point

any moar ideas anyone before i try to flip le belt?

Whitnith

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lol, with the car running and the hood closed, it was vibrating and buzzing. It would stop if you pressed down on the hood near the headlights. I only noticed it when I was letting it warm up and I was outside scraping the windows. Anyways, there are two little cap looking things on each side, and a simple turn made it stop.

Leafydialupking

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Yeah no belt dressing on newer belts, thats designed for old leather v-belts and not for out kevlar and rubber serpentine belts. If flipping it helps you probably just need a new belt.

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

i'll keep that in mind. thanks. too late now though

well i still havent been able to flip the belt over to see if that helps, i tried using a 15mil open end wrench to depress the tensioner, and i couldn't 'grab' it, do i need to use something else?? i gave up because i didn't wanna strip it..

Leafydialupking

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How to remove the belt on a Supercharged Ecotec - YouTube

Staged07SS

iTrader: (25)

This.

Everytime I've removed/installed the blower on my car that damn a/c compressor pulley gave me a hard time.

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

holy ****! o_O That looks so much easier!

is that the one on the bottom or towards the back... that u can't see haha

Staged07SS

iTrader: (25)

The one on the bottom towards the front of the car.

I always tie the belt up when I remove the blower/change pulleys so I don't have to install the belt from scratch. When I would go to place the belt back over the blower pulley (no matter how careful I was) it would come off the a/c compressor pulley a rib or two.

s.c

hecks yes to the video my 15 mm thingy is gone and i busted my knuckles like crazy trying to get my old belt on to get my stage 2 belt on my belt squeaks to and its brand new so im gunna try the flip tomorrow..well later on in the day since its 330 am lol

scoobydoobie

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You could also be creative like this. LOL
Plenty of time to check alignment with this tool.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

Leafydialupking

iTrader: (1)

Dear lord, thats a lost eye or broken cheek bone waiting to happen.

riceburner

iTrader: (66)

i don't even get whats going on in that picture haha

Leafydialupking

iTrader: (1)

He is holding a nut with vice grips to the engine hoist tab, then put a bolt through the nut that touches the tensioner, then tightened the bolt to push the tensioner down.

s.c

i do believe before that picture he said hey yall watch this

Pyros777

iTrader: (4)

^ lol

Yeah looks like the redneck version of the pulley boys tool.



We once did my car the aggie way, with three people, a 15mm wrench, and some rope. lol

ZZP tensioner beats all though. You can do it one-handed and it takes very little effort to keep it locked down.

scoobydoobie

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Yep.. redneck version that only cost .82 instead of $75. LOL
Even if it had slipped it wouldn't have gone any where, if I had a welding machine I would just weld the nut to the bracket and put the bolt in it as needed.
Two nuts, (LOL) a 6 inch bolt, (LOL again) and a decent pair of vice grips made putting that over sized pulley on pretty easy. No fighting with a 15mm wrench or a pry bar.