Squeeling belt...need input
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#13
I'm wondering if the Heavy Duty would be better...Or maybe its just a BS marketing gimmick. I mean no one else has LD vs. HD tensioners.
The wifes gonna kill me. Another belt, another tensioner. Plus needing all new steering linkage and alignment....What next???? (Please dont answer that)
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#15
Not on my Ram, but on my Yota, I just replaced the bearing. I think it was a 6203 (common bearing). Is there a bearing suppy place near you? I have thought about pulling mine off the Ram and replacing it...wait...I may have. I cannot remember. But whichever one it was it was a 6203 bearing.
#17
Ok update: I just spent the last several hours looking into this. The belt looks good. So does the tensioner. Started checking pulley alignment. JACKPOT!!!! I hope anyway. Tha a/c pully was out.
What happened is one of the times I pulled the a/c compressor and bolted it back on, I bolted it out of alignment. Even though there is NO normal adjustment in it, there is enough slop for it to be moved back and forth about 1/16".
Summary: It was making noise when I took it apart today. I found the a/c pulley out. Moved it back about 1/16". Put it back together and started it. NO MORE NOISE!!!! Hopfully it was the problem.
What happened is one of the times I pulled the a/c compressor and bolted it back on, I bolted it out of alignment. Even though there is NO normal adjustment in it, there is enough slop for it to be moved back and forth about 1/16".
Summary: It was making noise when I took it apart today. I found the a/c pulley out. Moved it back about 1/16". Put it back together and started it. NO MORE NOISE!!!! Hopfully it was the problem.
#18
sounds like it...might be dragging or not in good alignment with the rest of the pulleys causing the belts to wear faster...once the coating on the belts are gone they start to squeal...another bandaid to stop squeal is holding a crayon against the belt while its running.. crayon coats it in wax which stops the squeal.
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aside from the sexiness that is a cummins...we all have the same crap dodge accessories bolted on to our motors
and the cummins ain't my only ride...got a chevy S10 too.. 4 banger gas guzzler. would have had the same issue on it but I caught it before putting the belt on...
put a new alternator on it and the belt was a rib out of alignment. bent pulley. returned for another one. new one lined up perfect.