The Steeda UD pulleys were put on yesterday and my belt started squeaking this morning all of a sudden. Is this normal with aftermarket pulleys?
Squeaking Belt
- Thread starter fobra559
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Not normal. I changed my Steeda pulleys years ago. Never heard a peep from the belt. Maybe, just guessing, your belt was almost at the point of needing replacement and the idler can't adjust enough for the slight difference with the UDPs.
I replaced my stock belt with another stock years after the swap. Still have that one on the car. No noises.
I replaced my stock belt with another stock years after the swap. Still have that one on the car. No noises.
CobraRed_96_GT
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i also have trouble with belt squeek after steeda pulley's. i thought it was the tensioner so i replaced it, then the idler pulley, still didnt help, so i put on a new belt and that fixed it. then a couple months later it started doing it again. put some belt conditioner on it and it went away but comes back every now and then and i put on some more conditioner and its good to go for a while.
Man something is not right. Might have to replace my belt even though it looks pretty good to me. My buddy said it sounded like I had a vortech under the hood because it would sound like it's whistling
I think he was on drugs.
nyuk98gt
15 Year Member
fobra559:
I have not had a problem with noise and the Steeda pulleys. Squeals and squeaks can come from many places: alternator, water pump, A/C clutch, tensioner, idler, steering pump,...
Pop open the hood and use a piece of Tygon tubing held up to your ear at one end and then find the squeak/squeal by moving the open end around the path of the belt. Be VERY careful when doing this or you'll get chewed up in the belt. If you just pop the hood and lean over to listen, you can't pinpoint the exact spot. With the tubing, you WILL find the spot.
HTH,
Chris
p.s.-- I quite enjoy that photo in your sig! LOL
I have not had a problem with noise and the Steeda pulleys. Squeals and squeaks can come from many places: alternator, water pump, A/C clutch, tensioner, idler, steering pump,...
Pop open the hood and use a piece of Tygon tubing held up to your ear at one end and then find the squeak/squeal by moving the open end around the path of the belt. Be VERY careful when doing this or you'll get chewed up in the belt. If you just pop the hood and lean over to listen, you can't pinpoint the exact spot. With the tubing, you WILL find the spot.
HTH,
Chris
p.s.-- I quite enjoy that photo in your sig! LOL
Thanks. Do i perhaps need a smaller belt size for the Steeda Pulleys? or do they work with the stock belt?
Solved the problem last night, I just needed one belt size shorter than the stock for the squeaking to go away. Now it runs squeak free
Had both new OEM belt and and the new shorter size one too. The OEM size belt felt loose for some reason and that was the cause of the squeaking for my car
With the new shorter size belt, the squeaks don't come up any more. I'm still keeping my new OEM belt just in case
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