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Belt Chirp, running out of ideas

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stangJunkie04

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I have been battleing this this belt chirp/squeal problem with my 04 GT ever since I swapped to a 8rib setup w/ my vortech about a year ago. I have replace every idler pulley, the tensioner and I am on my 5th belt (4 gates, 1 dayco). The chirp has now come back it will make the noise until the car warms up and it gradually goes from a chirp to a squeal. The only other problem I see is the belt overlaps the shoulder of the small idler pulley next to the alternator. It is a 6 rib pulley and I cant replace it with a 8 rib pulley due to clearance issues. Has anyone else had this problem with there vortech setup?
 

topless98gt

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You said you replaced the tensioner. By that did you mean that you replaced the complete tensioner assembly or just the tensioner pulley?

Also, does it only chirp above a certain RPM?
 

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topless98gt said:
You said you replaced the tensioner. By that did you mean that you replaced the complete tensioner assembly or just the tensioner pulley?

Also, does it only chirp above a certain RPM?
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I replaced the entire assembly with a dayco aftermarket tensioner. But it looks like the dayco tensioners are aluminum and the recomendation is the steel ones since the aluminum ones bend.
 
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temporary fix

my 5.0 did the same thing but It just took 4 times to the store for the right size belt, change the pullys and then finaly I just through some sylocone on that
B!%@&. thats just a temporary fix and yes the crap will get everywhere but it stops that anoying chirp for a good while.
 
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