noisy belts

[JakeHSV8]

hey i have a supercharged vt and the belts were whining a bit in the mornings so i used some crc belt spary and it made it worse straight away it is driving me nuts

 

[Hot-Rod]

possibly time for a new belt, You can try chulk as well. Run some chulk along the belt on the ribbed side, may stop the noise for a short period of time. Are you sure it's not a pulley causing the noise?

 

[km5]

dont use belt spray, it apparently is s**T from what blokes at work have been saying? whether its true or not who knows lol

 

[tezza]

Just put a new belt on it. Not that expensive.

 

[])R@G()N]

Its more then likely that its your bearing in the idler pulleys are stuffed

 

[tezza]

To see if it is the belt, just spray some water on the belt when its cold. If its goes quiet, then buy a new belt.

 

[JakeHSV8]

cheers for that im just going 2 get new belts and pully bearings thanks heaps thou

 

[juice1929]

i heard soap on the ribbed side of the belt or soapy water

 

[Mattoman]

I had a very similar problem and replaced my 2 idle pulleys and tension pulley which solved it. I also changed my serp/acces belt while I was at it.

The whole procedure cost me $90 for brand new parts but you could find 2nd hand pulleys at a wrecker for much cheaper.

Hope you fix it.

 

[km5]

new belts is good idea.