Aftermarket drive belts or GM Belts?
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Aftermarket drive belts or GM Belts?
I've had bad luck with aftermarket belts, they squeek brand new as soon as i put them on my car but gm belts are quiet.
Anyone recommends an aftermarket drive belt that doesn't squeek? Dont want to pay the 60 bucks for the belt but i just may.
Anyone recommends an aftermarket drive belt that doesn't squeek? Dont want to pay the 60 bucks for the belt but i just may.
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Just so you all know......the one thing that makes a belt last as long as mine has lasted SO FAR.........is a "fixed tensioner."
The factory tensioner that bounces with a spring......is what stretches out belts and makes them fail WAY WAY before they should. Like mentioned...mine is 9 years old and looks new.....and it hasen't stretched AT ALL, I mean NONE.....my tensioner is still in the exact same position its been set at for the past 9 years.
Check a factory tensioner with a new belt, mark that spot, then check it in a year...it will stretch. That kills belts.
Get a Katech tensioner if you have the money.
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The factory tensioner that bounces with a spring......is what stretches out belts and makes them fail WAY WAY before they should. Like mentioned...mine is 9 years old and looks new.....and it hasen't stretched AT ALL, I mean NONE.....my tensioner is still in the exact same position its been set at for the past 9 years.
Check a factory tensioner with a new belt, mark that spot, then check it in a year...it will stretch. That kills belts.
Get a Katech tensioner if you have the money.
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Thanks for the info, i guess i go with dayco or gates.
Ls6427,
I do have Katech, I will tighten the belt see if that helps.
What actually happened was a co-worker sprayed my engine with water and some cleaning solution and now my camaros belt squeeks. So i want to replace it (it was on the to do list already).
Ls6427,
I do have Katech, I will tighten the belt see if that helps.
What actually happened was a co-worker sprayed my engine with water and some cleaning solution and now my camaros belt squeeks. So i want to replace it (it was on the to do list already).
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Thanks for the info, i guess i go with dayco or gates.
Ls6427,
I do have Katech, I will tighten the belt see if that helps.
What actually happened was a co-worker sprayed my engine with water and some cleaning solution and now my camaros belt squeeks. So i want to replace it (it was on the to do list already).
Ls6427,
I do have Katech, I will tighten the belt see if that helps.
What actually happened was a co-worker sprayed my engine with water and some cleaning solution and now my camaros belt squeeks. So i want to replace it (it was on the to do list already).
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