ill be checking that today..and i got a gates belt.. if its the issue, it will be the first junk belt ive ever had from gates..gonna be making an aluminum bracket for the 4th bolt hole, also..
Yeah...that squeak is the tensioning arm machining itself on the worn out bushings
The only way to tell if the bushings are fine is to pull out the tensioning arm from the bracket and inspect the arm for points of wear.
...BTW your Bieber avatar is awesome.-Malone
On my truck that is what happens. Then the rust imbeds in the belt and when you don't drive it for a bit it stays forever. My truck has a belt chirp at idle that never goes away, unless you put a new belt on, but as much as I drive the truck that only lasts until the next time I start it and the new belt is the same as the old. You probably won't have that issue as you drive that car more than 1 time every 4 months.
well, the 1054mm belt sucks.. its stretched enough now, so that the tensioner is at the end of its travel.. any looser, and the bent is gonna start flying off..
Quote from: R.O.R-2.0 on March 29, 2012, 12:39:42 pmwell, the 1054mm belt sucks.. its stretched enough now, so that the tensioner is at the end of its travel.. any looser, and the bent is gonna start flying off..Kev dude you need to get a 1033 belt..that is the length I ran on my mk2 ABA swap that only had an alternator to run...also the squeaking can be a failing harmonic balancer, the rubber delaminates from the hub, causing the two pieces to slip when cold. It might be quit now but that is probably because it has found a tight spot lol