Information like this is hard to come by, thanks for sharing

 

what about alternator bearings?

 

I think those are pressed into the front half of the housing. Dunno how or if you could get to them, or if they'd even be user serviceable if you could.

 

That was gonna be my next question. I just went out and took the belt off and spun everything, and the only thing that makes any noise at all is the alternator. It just sounds like it needs a little grease in the bearings. There are four little bolts that look like they hold it together, but when I took those off it was still together tight. I didn't want to try prying it apart and risk breaking it. Oh well. Wait for it to die I guess.

 

Your Great man! We need more like you.

 

Sweet car

 

On the alt on my LT1, I just took it apart and took the side with the bearing to an electric motor shop and they removed and pressed in a new bearing for $15 bucks.

 

I paid 3.57 Friday.

 

I'm loving this forum right now...I'm looking for help on one thing and find 5 more useful things I can do! Thanks guys!

 

Hope it helps!

 

Great post, tainted!!! I just performed this repack and replaced both belts. Gotta give props. BTW the pictures were just fine for the task at hand.

Thanks again!

 

i am doing this for sure tomorrow. your awesome man. that **** was driving me crazy and i wanted to replace it, but just didnt have the money. thanks man.

 

yeah this was a big help i spent my whole sunday messing with my belts and trying to make the niose go away, just sucks cause i live in apartments and dont have tools so even something that easy i have to take it in and get charged up the *** for

 

Parent's house FTMFW! I have a nice big toolbox in their basement.

 

I am not used to the bitter cold and have always had a garage. This was a first outside in 30 degrees. Cccccooooolllllldddddd.... Coming from CA to PA, I sort of felt like this: lol



Reporting back on the repack - it worked yesterday and this morning; however, the more I drive the more it starts to want to chirp. This evening after work it sounded like a screaming Ogre.

On a side note, since I drive into a Portland Cement facility everyday, I can make an educated guess that this is not helping matters AT ALL. I need a $500 beater car. This whole cold, snow, salt, cement thing is jackin' this TA up real quick.

 

Welcome to the northeast. Get used to having your nice cars hibernate about 5 months out of the year.

 

fastest way is to put a little grease on the ribbed side of the belt. If the noise goes away, its that pulley. If it doesn't, its the other pulley. All alternators make a small squeaking noise. Normal. The chirping noise is either the pulley bearings, or the tensioner spring is not holding tension. The a/c pulley is notorious for that.

 

I just did this to both of my 4th gens and I am very happy, thanks for this write up, I was just going to replace all of them, who knows how much that would have cost.

 

I have a horrible squeal on started on cold mornings or wet mornings, it usually last until the car warms up. But it appears to be coming from the powersteering pump pulley. But I am unsure. Anyway to test where exactly the squeal is coming from, its definitely very loud.

well what about the power steering pump? I know what the A/C compressor pulley sounds like when it goes bad. As I just got it replaced as well(clutch was bad).

 

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