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Belt broke and new one makes grinding noise?? Help

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Two ribs of my belt broke off yesterday but the belt stayed on. I drove the car home because all accessories were still running fine. I got home and got a new belt 84.5 because i have smog delete. I put it on and everything fit good and tight. I started the car and it makes a grinding noise. Doesnt sound like its the actual belt, sounds more like a pulley or something. Anyone?
 

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Sounds like you might have a pulley out of whack? Can you see any noticeable difference between them when the car is running?
 
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listen a bit more closely to your a/c compressor...is the grinding coming from it? If so, the clutches or something are going out in it. The same thing happened to me...replaced belt, weird noise. I haven't fixed it yet and probably won't for a while.
 
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