Re: Belt squeel or ??

[Daniel Jones <captaudi@ma.ultranet.com>]

	When the V8's first came out they had problems with belt squeel caused by
the p.s. pump pulley not being in proper alignment with the a/c compressor,
 at the dealer we have a special gauge that checks this and we can add or
subtract shims from between the pump and the pulley as neccesary to get
them in alignment.  Unfortunaley only the dealer has this tool.  If you are
friendly with your local dealer ask one of the older techs about this and
maybe he will let you use the tool.  Good luck.


Daniel jones -  The pile grows!!!At 03:00 PM 8/17/98 EDT, you wrote:
>All this talk about water pumps and idler pullys siezing up have me
>thinking...could my apparent belt squeel (access. serpentine belt used on the
>v8) be symptomatic of either of the above?  Squeel tends to diminish as soon
>as AC compressor is engaged.  Or could the self-adjusting tensioner have lost
>its effectiveness?  How would I check individual idler pulleys, hyd pump,
>etc.?  Or am I just worrying too much?  Cam and access. belt changed 50k ago.
>
>BTW, I first used a little silicone spray did quit things down for a bit,
then
>later tried belt squeel spray (sticky/tacky stuff) to no effect -actually
>seemed to get worse- which makes me think something is not turning as freely
>as it should.  I need advice from the BTDT crowd.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Ingo Rautenberg
>1990 v8q 202,000 miles
>
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