At my wits end! Squeaky belt!

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Jan 18, 2013 | 04:41 PM

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punxweb

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Originally Posted by 2ndGen96

I remember replacing a belt and the squeak would return within 48hrs. I ignored the squeak for years, then one day the AC compressor failed. It has been four years and still no squeak.

I hope I do not have to go that route. I will have to look if they sell pulley rebuild kits for the compressors.

Jan 21, 2013 | 12:54 PM

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I tried the file trick and it helped for about 10 minutes, then it came back. It does not want to go away. I am beyond annoyed.

Jan 21, 2013 | 02:56 PM

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Captain Hook

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Squeeks are caused by pulley misalignment. If the noise started after the water pump replacement, you might want to check there first. This will find the problem in seconds:

Last edited by Captain Hook; Jan 21, 2013 at 03:16 PM.

Sep 5, 2016 | 10:03 PM

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JayArr

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I finally fixed this problem on mine today, it was another poster in this forum that suggested pulling the power steering pump pulley out by 1/8 of an inch. I honestly couldn't think of why this would work because the noise seemed to be coming from the top idler pulley but it worked. No more noise! I wish I had tried this before I replaced all three pulleys, the belt (twice) and rebuilt the alternator with new bearings.