Aftermarket Belts
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Aftermarket Belts
I recently had to install both serpentine and ac belts on my 01SS and have had nothing but problems. All the belts do is squeak. I can apply belt dressing and it will stop for about 15 to 20 mins but then comes right back. What are the best aftermarket belts that I can buy or do I need to just put factory belts back on the car?
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I've always had success with the Poly-Cog belts by Dayco....but if there are other issues such as failing pulleys, mis-aligned pulleys, etc the best belt in the world won't stop the noise!
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There is a good number of those tensioners failing daily! There was enough demand for a better tensioner that Katech made an aftermarket piece for it even, and now Comp and a few others offer similar!
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I'm no mechanic by any means and dont have a service manual but is there a spec and way to check the tensioner free play or anything similar to see if indeed it is out of tolerance?
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wow i have the same issue. only its the ac belt. i replaced the pulleys for the ac belt only and the belt is squeeling! im going to purchase a new belt today. if it continues what the hell do i do? as far as play on the tensioner very strong and does its job.
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FWIW, i had a belt that I got at NAPA start squealing like crazy after only maybe 6-8 hours of track use. I thought it was the alternator at first. Then I was looking at the other pulleys and the water pump. I tried belt dressing and that made it much worse. I bought a new belt (again, from NAPA) and it is perfectly quiet now. I don't understand what could happen to the belt itself, but that was definitely the source of my squealing.
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