superchicken93

hey guys i have been having the roughest time trying to figure out how to fix my belt squeal and i have heard that a gatorback might slove the problem iv already changed out most of my pullys and cleaned them and still nothing and the gatorback i found on summit is like 64.25 i think but the stock belts are like 66 i was wondering if that was right or not any input would be great

guppymech

iTrader: (7)

Goodyear Gatorback belts are nice but hard to find. 64 bucks seems like alot of money, I'm running a NAPA (Gates?) belt on my TA and like it, I think it costs $30 or so.

Only issue I've had with the serpentine belt is when I had a small coolant leak, it got on the pulleys and made the power steering pump slip and the steering wheel was hard to turn. No squeeling though.

superchicken93

the belt only cost about 26 with shipping but the size of the belt is what im wondering the gatorback sounds shorter than the stock belt

Paul Bell

iTrader: (9)

I don't think they're hard to find-and at a decent price:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GTR-4060642/

TAvsGN

I got my Gatorbacks (for my LS1) at Summit also for a decent price.

guppymech

iTrader: (7)

It took me 3 tries to get the correct length belt from the NAPA store, it would be bad to do it mail order. Do you know about the belt length guide marks on the belt tensioner body? At about 11:00 forward looking aft there is a arrow on the movable part of the tensioner and on the main body there are two cast in lines about .500 inch apart. With the proper length belt installed the arrow should fall between the lines. In the picture you can see the arrow at about 10:00, not the arrow at the bottom by the word 'lift'.

superchicken93

got my gatorback today and belt squeal is totally gone hopefully it will stay that way