belts and pulleys
05-25-2010, 02:19 PM
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belts and pulleys Hello, I've been lurking here for a long time but I'm just now starting to post opinions and in this case a question:
Whenever I start my car i hear a noise coming from the belts, this noise irritates me very much because it takes away the badassness of my car by making it sound like a bucket/pos/honda (teehee). I was told last year that the noise comes from my belts and pulleys, I don't feel like paying $380 for them to swap all of that out, soooooo....
how difficult would this be to do, and does anybody know where I can get a write-up? I have a little wrenching experience but I've never gone into anything like this. Thanks alot!
Whenever I start my car i hear a noise coming from the belts, this noise irritates me very much because it takes away the badassness of my car by making it sound like a bucket/pos/honda (teehee). I was told last year that the noise comes from my belts and pulleys, I don't feel like paying $380 for them to swap all of that out, soooooo....
how difficult would this be to do, and does anybody know where I can get a write-up? I have a little wrenching experience but I've never gone into anything like this. Thanks alot!
05-25-2010, 03:31 PM
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I had the same thing, so changed all the belts, seemed to go away, then came back, it's at the garage now getting a pulley done, think the parts only $20, Hope it's fixed this time, car sounds great from behind, but squeak squeak from the front
05-25-2010, 03:52 PM
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Richuk that's exactly it, got some magnaflow exhaust goin so from the rear the car sounds great but you get up towards the front it's like "shicka shicka squeak bullsh*T!@!!*....sorry got a lil upset hehe. THANK YOU for the suggestion rocndav I'm gonna try that this afternoon or tomorrow 
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Replacing the belts does not cost that much and it is a really simple job. I am certainly no mechanic and I did it myself without taking anything off the car except the old belts. It didn't take very long either.
My car used to squeak on cold starts until it got warm, but new belts fixed that. You might not even need to do pulleys. Try the belts yourself first, then see if anything else needs to be done.
My car used to squeak on cold starts until it got warm, but new belts fixed that. You might not even need to do pulleys. Try the belts yourself first, then see if anything else needs to be done.
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Yep, change the belts before worrying about the pullies. No need to make it a bigger or more expensive project than it might need to be.
05-26-2010, 08:28 AM
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http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...ey_install.htm
follow that up to step 3 to remove the belt... it is extremely easy and should not take more then 5 mins to do. If you want to replace the idler pulley you can follow those steps. It is also very easy to do.
Also you might as well replace the a/c drive belt too. The main belt needs to be off first before you can remove the a/c belt so this would be a good time to do both belts.
follow that up to step 3 to remove the belt... it is extremely easy and should not take more then 5 mins to do. If you want to replace the idler pulley you can follow those steps. It is also very easy to do.
Also you might as well replace the a/c drive belt too. The main belt needs to be off first before you can remove the a/c belt so this would be a good time to do both belts.
05-26-2010, 09:24 AM
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Get you a Gatorback Serpintine belt from Advance Auto. That got rid of all my belt noise. All the other ones I've tried have had that Squeeky noise in the mornings when the dews still out.
