serpentine belt

[cobrakidd03]

I replaced my serpentine belt 2 weeks ago because it was squeeling bad!! The noise went away for about a week and now its back!! What is causing this? Help:banghd:

 

[frosho]

ATX or MTX?

 

[hawkeye18]

Bad tensioner (ATX) or incorrectly set tension (MTX).

Or, a faulty pulley, but if it went away for a week I wouldn't put money on it.

 

[cobrakidd03]

It's an ATX. the new belt was quiet for about a week. now it's back to squeeling again.

 

[VNUK1SHO]

Try some belt dressing just to make sure it is the belt before you try anything else, Money wise.

 

[hawkeye18]

Like I said, it's probably a faulty tensioner.

 

[SeanMc]

Like I said, it's probably a faulty tensioner.

Listen to this man, he speaks the truth.





He's also totally hot, like OMG :***:

 

[cobrakidd03]

ok thanks everyone. I will replace the tensioner. also I noticed that my AC compressor does not turn when the AC is on, should I be concerned about it messing with the belt?

 

[hawkeye18]

Listen to this man, he speaks the truth.


He's also totally hot, like OMG :***:

you got that right, grrl!

ok thanks everyone. I will replace the tensioner. also I noticed that my AC compressor does not turn when the AC is on, should I be concerned about it messing with the belt?

Nah, chances are close to 90% the clutch has too big a gap. It's happened at some point on every SHO I've come across. The gap is set with shims; you will have to remove the clutch face (you'll need a spanner wrench and, I wanna say, a 13mm deepwell socket. It might be 12mm... also a set of good snap ring pliers) and remove shims as necessary to get the correct clutch gap. I used to know the gap off the top of my head... I wanna say .023-.032 inches. It's on the forum, though, do a search for it.

 

[cobrakidd03]

Kind of an update to my belt. Last night I started the SHO and for the first few mins the belt was quiet. Then it started to chirp a little bit. Got quiet again, so I thought great is shut up. The I gave i reved it up a bit and started making its noise again. Is this still the tensioner?

 

[SeanMc]

Kind of an update to my belt. Last night I started the SHO and for the first few mins the belt was quiet. Then it started to chirp a little bit. Got quiet again, so I thought great is shut up. The I gave i reved it up a bit and started making its noise again. Is this still the tensioner?

Yes...(dots added to please the SHOForum Masters)

 

[SHOZ123]

Try some belt dressing just to make sure it is the belt before you try anything else, Money wise.

You should never use belt dressing on a serpentine belt. Maybe some soap and water to try and clean it.

 

[cobrakidd03]

You should never use belt dressing on a serpentine belt. Maybe some soap and water to try and clean it.

I havent used belt dressing on the new belt.

 

[hawkeye18]

How many times have I told you it's the tensioner? CHANGE YOUR DAMN TENSIONER! lol

 

[cobrakidd03]

I will as soon as I can find one!!!!!

 

[hawkeye18]

Put a wanted ad in the WTB section - I am SURE somebody has a spare one. If I had one I'd give it to you!

 

[shoon]

Nah, chances are close to 90% the clutch has too big a gap. It's happened at some point on every SHO I've come across. The gap is set with shims; you will have to remove the clutch face (you'll need a spanner wrench and, I wanna say, a 13mm deepwell socket. It might be 12mm... also a set of good snap ring pliers) and remove shims as necessary to get the correct clutch gap. I used to know the gap off the top of my head... I wanna say .023-.032 inches. It's on the forum, though, do a search for it.

Clutch air gap Specification:
0.45 - 0.85mm (0.018 - 0.038 inch)

 

[hawkeye18]

Well ****, I was inside the spec. You'll want to set it on the low end of the range to maximize the amount of time before you have to reshim it again...