Subject	the pulley itself can wear out
Posted by	aliaZ on February 01, 2013 at 6:43 PM
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In Reply To	Startup belt squeal.... posted by HK'S Z on January 31, 2013 at 01:45 PM
Message	I have seen this on cheap china pulleys. The ribs of the pulley wear down so that they squeal no matter how much you tighten the belt. If you have a no-name pulley on there, I'd consider changing it
Follow Ups	Startup belt squeal.... - HK'S Z 13:45:56 01/31/13 Need to be tightened most likely. (n/m) - Evan_Wright (Ca) 14:28:06 01/31/13 Thanks Evan. Sadly they are as tight as can be... - HK'S Z 14:59:16 01/31/13 Stock belts? Or do you have shorter ones due to the UDPulley (n/m) - ZinnZ32 15:12:25 01/31/13 No, I have the shorter belts for the UD pulleys :( (n/m) - HK'S Z 16:21:45 01/31/13 Is there such a thing as the belt being too tight? - Stokens (StoMoZTT) 15:39:54 01/31/13 Thanks. I will give that a try. (n/m) - HK'S Z 16:21:15 01/31/13 Yes, bearings can fail from too much tension (n/m) - RoidRage76 18:15:27 01/31/13 +1 I've seen that happen first hand - Zvil (FL) 21:14:12 01/31/13 Don't do this with the engine on ;-) (n/m) - Shiers69 10:30:29 02/01/13 lol (n/m) - Zvil (FL) 21:34:15 02/01/13 Hahaha. Thanks Zvil. I ll try to remember to turn it off. (n/m) - HK'S Z 19:01:18 02/03/13 Get this belt Gatorback # 4040382 (n/m) - njz 22:13:15 02/01/13 Alternator water pump belt (n/m) - njz 22:14:44 02/01/13 Thank you, I will give that one a try. (n/m) - HK'S Z 18:59:45 02/03/13 Re: Get this belt Gatorback # 4040382 - Hydrus 18:04:14 02/04/13 njz - Thank you!!! No more squeal. (n/m) - HK'S Z 10:03:48 02/06/13 Sounds like its too tight . Try to loosen it some . (n/m) - Xteam300TT (South Tx ) 19:31:55 01/31/13 ^^ 2nd Loosen them - SammybTT(TN) 23:03:01 02/02/13 So I loosened them a bit...made it a lot worse. - HK'S Z 12:50:20 02/04/13 The gatorback belt is for the ps to ud pulley correct? (n/m) - Hydrus 18:02:10 02/04/13 Alternator water pump belt (n/m) - HK'S Z 10:38:00 02/05/13 Would you happen to know the number for the ps belt? I have - Hydrus 16:55:31 02/05/13 the pulley itself can wear out - aliaZ 18:43:51 02/01/13
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