Water pump pulley. hmmm. See I would think that, but I had the sound prior to replacing the Water pump.

 

WHere can you buy an original OEM belt? I had bought a Gatorback, but they sent me one for a Dakota, which my dad has, so I just kept it. I went to Advance and got a dayco? i think. It was a 27 dollar belt whatever the brand is.

I'll be takin it to a local mechanic in the morning.

 

The only place you can OEM is through the dealer.

 

Yeah i was hoping I was wrong about that, lol. But I was curious, ya know wal mart carries a little Mopar stuff. IDK if Mopar would make a belt or if it would be under Chrysler. Regardless, I fixed it today. Turned out the belt they sold me at Advance was a 6 rib, and I need a 7 rib. Ol buddy of my dad's works there, he swapped it out no problem. Truck runs awesome.

 

so dmac did it fix the problem does she still squeel ima take my truck to my mech buddy in the morn to see what he says i gotta drop my quad off there anyway for a new shock mount .... ithink i have a dayco belt on my truck it was new last aug when i did my water pump......

 

Yeah it got rid of the squeal entirely. Mine is the Dayco as well, it should be like 9075 on the end of the numbers and have 7 ribs, or 6 valleys. The mech. buddy we showed it too looked at it and said "wrong belt". We felt pretty dumb. lol. But you could see it didn't line up correctly, and the teeth weren't in the grooves on the pulleys. All of that slipping and wind caused the increased squeal upon acceleration.

You also want to check that your belt isn't stretched out. I doubt after a year it would be, but stranger things have happened. Did you try any of that belt dressing?

 

well i took it to my mech buddy and he had his best tech listen and he pin pointed the belt quickly so i replaced it with a dayco and nomore squeeeeeling thank god and my belt wasnt dayco it wasa cheapo from advance go figure......well shes fixed all good now im happppppy woooohoooooooo.......j ......oh and completly off topic but goes along with the title.....i asked my girlfriend of 4yrs to marry me over the weekend ....said yes.....im in for it now.....shes the best tho....wish me luck guys.......j

 

Congrats on getting hitched!!!

I also had the squeeling pulley problem, and it ended up being my tensioner pulley. I eventually got tired of spraying wd-40 on it every other morning so i just went to the dealer and got a replacement, and installed it the next day myself. Fairly easy install, just looked at the my service manual at how to do it!

Now, I need to get that rattling cat fixed, along with a new exhaust! It always seems after i fix one problem, another one appears?????

 

greg thats how i feel too it seems to be everyones problem one thing after another the money pit....just keep the cash flowing.......its all good tho eventually everything will b new on our trucks if we just bite the bullet and fix everything.....j oh and thanx man