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Old 04-03-2010, 01:31 AM
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Was practicing launching the WS6 from a stop the other light and after all the fun got home to hear a weird noise under the hood. Checked it out and found the belt was starting to slip off the power steering pulley. It's only about a 1/4 inch of the belt. What can I do with basic tools to correct the issue, since I don't want to risk it and drive to my dads house about 25 miles away where I keep all my tools at. Any advise is welcomed.....
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your saying the belt is slipping off the pulley? what's the belt look like?
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Belt looks pretty good condition for 56k mile.
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ok what's the pulley look like? a belt shouldn't slip off a pulley unless there's some crazy slack in it. is your tensioner pulley good?
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It's slipping off the tensioner pulley as well. Checked the tensioner pulley and it is plenty tight. I tried pushing on the tensioner pulley by hand and can't get enough out of it to slip belt back in place.
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Buy a new tensioner, that will fix your problems.




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