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Old 05-05-2008, 03:49 PM
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So my belt was squeaking, naturally I changed the belt. It still squeaks, which must meanit'sone of the pulleys. But the squeak goes away after about 5 min. of the truck running from a cold start. So it has someting to do with the belt and/or pulleys heating up that makes the squeak subside.
I tried listening the best I could to find out what pulley may be squeaking but can't quite tell. I don't think its the idler or tensioner.

Any ideas about this or common fixes or pulleys that usually squeak?
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While the truck is running get a candle (not lit) and press the candle against the outside of the belt while running making sure you cover the entire belt and it will stop squeking.
 
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The belt tensioner on mine was doing the same sorta thing, it squeaked when it was first started, pretty badly, but would go away after a few minuates. I changed the belt first too, thinking that was it, i shot some wd40 on the tensioner and the squeak went away right after that, so I had to change the to take care of the problem. Don't know if thats helpful, but that was my problem.
 
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Yah my tensioner needs to be changed again this will be the third total,the first I will install.
 
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Old 06-21-2008, 11:34 AM
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OK so I changed the idle pulley and still squeaks. Of course the squeak goes away when the vehicle warms up. About 5 min. I can't figure it out. Any ideas? Tensioner?
 
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