Sticky tensioner pulley...?
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On The Tree
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Edmonton
Sticky tensioner pulley...? About 2 weeks ago I took the tensioner off to have it polished. When I took the pulley off it seemed to be really sticky - holding it by the bearing I'd give it a good hard spin and the pulley would only go 'round maybe 3 or 4 times before stopping and it sorta sounded like something was binding. When I got everything back together and started the car it makes one hell of a noise, kinda like plastic rubbing on plastic. I even took the pulley off and put it back on again thinking maybe I'd torqued it down too much (18 ft/lbs). Still the same noise. I haven't really noticed it before because I've never stood in front of the car while idling with the hood open.
The car's an '02 Hawk with around 20,000 miles on it, is this normal?
The car's an '02 Hawk with around 20,000 miles on it, is this normal?
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On The Tree
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 104
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From: Edmonton
I thought that was just the tensioner - don't you re-use the stock pulley with the Katech tensioner? While we're on the topic, since the Katech is manually adjustable how do you know how tight to make the belt?
