Damb Squeaky Fan Belts!!!!

[greenfoam]

Hey unfair :0 mines only squeeked for about 20,000ks and that's how old the belt is, but it's only slight, sometimes but still it annoys me. My old belt exploded and took half my bonnet felt with it!

 

[vg_ute]

or tighten it

 

[I LIKE COMMODORES]

thats what the tensioner pulley is for buddy.

 

[vq~gangsta]

The tensioner pulley only tighten's the alternator belt, and i already did that 6 months ago and the sweaking continues.

There's two other belts also, but tensioning them doesn't seem so straight forward. They all seem pretty tight anyway. Is tightening the others easy or just as difficult as it looks?

A mate of mine recons that some fan belts just squeak regardless of age or tension, but that may be a load of BS. Any opinions?

 

[I LIKE COMMODORES]

That could be true cause on a vh i had the p/steer belt squeeked at anything above 2000rpm it was b/new case the outher one got thrown off doing circle work.

 

[vq~gangsta]

Hey, does anyone know if liquid soap works???

If you're game enough to try it let me know eh?

 

[coolkenny]

when i 1st bought me vn 7 years a ago it squeeked like a mother$%^& , i just sprayed a little wd (or that type of product ) on it and it shut up. btw the belt lasted for seven years and stilll going strong ,lol talk about getting maxamiun life span otta a part hehehe.

 

[KILLERVS]

This may be helpful to others in this situation, so to those who have sprayed it with WD40 or used yellow soap, did you coat both sides of the belt?

 

[vn2nv]

simply covering up the squeeking with soap won't solve the problem and may even cause more problems later on with other components. Replace belt and tighten the belt a bit more. There should be very little if no slip.

 

[genIIIbandit]

:bop: Dont f#ck around with noisy belts where there is noise they are worn or loose, due for newones i reckon