Squeaky Belt

[TeeJayHoward]

No sooner do I speak in another Pelican's thread about fan issues than I start having some myself!

It's a beautiful Saturday morning. I start my car, sitting inside with a foot on the gas because I still haven't gotten around to installing one of those hand throttle doohickeys. My car slowly starts squeaking. I know this sound. This is the sound it made at the start of the whole "fan exploding" situation. So I pull off the half-pulley and inspect. Six shims. No damage to fan or pulley. Everything seems snug. Put it back together, still squeaks.

It's not a huge amount of noise, and it goes away at higher RPMs, but I'm a little paranoid about it after the last thousand dollar repair bill. Can anyone offer more things to inspect?

[Ian Comerford]

Remove the belt and start your engine. If it doesn’t squeak it is highly likely it’s alternator bearings.

[Daver22]

Man I hope it’s something simple! Thanks for the help with my issue, just updated some progress. Good luck with yours.


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[Bill Douglas]

I spray stuff called belt dressing on noisy fan belts. It also keeps the rubber good, prevents slip, but mainly shuts them up.