MAIN belt that drives everything in my vr?????

[tinka46]

ok so i have no idea what this belt thing is called... but i have replaced my old one with a new belt as one of the ribs on it had broken off

my car is making like a clunkin noise but i cant fig wat it is... thought it was the water pump but i replaced that and its still making a noise.

... i was under the bonnet today trying to find the noise n i seems like my belt must b jumpin coz its starting to rip of like the last belt...

its not like its slipping coz the tention is lose i wonder if wat eva is making the noise is making it happen???? but i have no idea

does anyone have a idea on whats happening?

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Sounds like it is the harmonic balancer. The big pulley at the bottom of the engine. Take the belt off again and give it a wobble, if it moves it is stuffed.

[deXtrous]

Had a similar issue when I replaced a belt... Make sure the belt is 100% straight amongst all the pulleys. May help you but don't count on it. I only had a very slight ticking/thumping nose, but I readjusted it and it's fine now.

[tinka46]

iv tryed to move the big pulley but doesnt budge wen i try n move it?? but thanks guys

[moff_man]

Did you get the right belt?

also the tensoner is possibly stuffed, mine was so i changed it

[deXtrous]

If you need to inch the belt over a tad, use a flat head screw driver and lever it in the direction you want to go.

[tinka46]

yeh its def the rite size belt...

[wraith]

Sounds to me your belt tensioner has had it if it's jumping around.

[Braydenreid]

i had the same psoblem... the part that ripped off get caught in the air compressor pump.. so i pulled that out and changed the harmonic balancer and it works fine now

[sjmcc]

The pulleys are fairly cheap (about 30 bucks if I remember rightly). When I replaced my idler pulleys I lost a lot of my annoying engine noises

[Brett_jjj]

If you have the metal type pulleys, instead of buying complete new pulleys, just replace the bearings in the idler and tensioner pulleys.The bearings are about $8 each..The plastic type pulleys are throw away once the bearing gets noisy..I replaced the bearings in these 3 pulleys a couple of weeks ago,heaps quieter now,you can hardly even hear the engine at idle.