SoCal71RS
05-04-2005, 01:05:00 AM
Ok, I wasnt able to tackle this problem till this last weekend and decided I'd post what the results were.
If you read the other posts you know I was thinking that the nose was coming from either the water pump or alternator. I had already checked all else.
So I took the belts off to verify and sure enough no more noise when I rev'd the heck out of the engine so I now knew I was right. I figured the easiest thing would be to swap out the alternator since I had my Kragen lifetime warranty. Well I hook up the new alernator as a buddy shows up to see what I'm up to. Get the belt nice and tight, start her up, rev it up and there's the squeeling sound again. I'm pissed!
Me buddy says to me it sounds like a loose belt, I'm like no way. He feels is says I should try and tighten in some more. So I figure what the hell. I yank on the thing as hard as I can and tighten it back down. There is no play at all any more. Start it up and sure enough the noise is gone. I take it on the freeway hit 3000 rpm (65mpr) no noise. Take it to 100, no noise. I cant believe what an idiot I am.
I dont know if the belt having those notches on the inside is part of the problem, like air getting trapped in there, but I have never had to tighten a belt this tight. And this is the first time I have had this problem.
Oh well, I figure a few of you might get a laugh out of my embarasing story.
Thanks again for all of you that took the time to give suggestions.
If you read the other posts you know I was thinking that the nose was coming from either the water pump or alternator. I had already checked all else.
So I took the belts off to verify and sure enough no more noise when I rev'd the heck out of the engine so I now knew I was right. I figured the easiest thing would be to swap out the alternator since I had my Kragen lifetime warranty. Well I hook up the new alernator as a buddy shows up to see what I'm up to. Get the belt nice and tight, start her up, rev it up and there's the squeeling sound again. I'm pissed!
Me buddy says to me it sounds like a loose belt, I'm like no way. He feels is says I should try and tighten in some more. So I figure what the hell. I yank on the thing as hard as I can and tighten it back down. There is no play at all any more. Start it up and sure enough the noise is gone. I take it on the freeway hit 3000 rpm (65mpr) no noise. Take it to 100, no noise. I cant believe what an idiot I am.
I dont know if the belt having those notches on the inside is part of the problem, like air getting trapped in there, but I have never had to tighten a belt this tight. And this is the first time I have had this problem.
Oh well, I figure a few of you might get a laugh out of my embarasing story.
Thanks again for all of you that took the time to give suggestions.