Ever since I started modding my car I've been having problem after problem, not all mechanical... some having to do with the people I've dealt with in route to gettin the mods but nonetheless I've just been having lots of trouble. I finally got my car running right and I decided to reinstall the modified stock supercharger pulley that I just recently found out was not the cause of all my problems like I was being told. The intstall went easily and nothing went wrong from what I could see but when I turned on my car I heard a loud squeaking noise that sounded almost like belt slip coming from the engine bay. Because I thought it was belt slip I decided to reinstall the Tighed belt wrap kit in hopes it would cure it... no such luck. So I'm stuck with a beautiful beast that sounds like an old beater. Any ideas? It sounds like its coming from the alternator pulley or the alternator itself. What makes it weirder is when the car warms up after a 5-10 minute drive the noise goes away till it cools down a little. Any help would be really appreciated. Ohh and thanks to Tighed again for filling me in that the standard nut on the tensioner pulley can be used to detension the belt... worked like a charm.
Brandon

 

Have you taken into consideration that you are driving a Chrysler?



Lol, I joke, I joke...

 

Old news, stick a length of hose in your ear and use it to focus the hearing, check the alternator, possibly a bearing due to tight belt. We gotta be aware of belt tension, these pullies are taking a real strain. Woody

 

+1....check bearings

 

My code3 pulley squeaks just a little every time it kicks in when cold. After the engine warms up it goes away. I would think it is a clutch engagement problem.

 

The killer of bearings are rotational speed, load, lack of lubricant and dirt. Ignoring the last two items to get the same life from a bearing you can decrease the speed and increase the load within certain limits or increase the speed again within limits and decrease the load. Adding a belt wrap increases the load on all the bearings as the tensioner increases the belt tension. The tensioner should be operated in its stock position or in a less tensioned position if possible. Only positively lubricated bearings can counted on at the extreme limits of both speed and load and this is not feasible on these bearings. Belt wraps should have longer belts to increase pulley friction and not the load which is applied to all pulleys.

 

Hah thanks man your always so helpful... guess I must of forgot I was driving a Chrylser but ur always there to remind me.
But on a serious note.... I've only had the belt wrap kit on for less than 500 miles and my car only has about 7000 miles on it total so you guys think a bearing would of failed that quickly? I'm going to do the whole hose technique and see if its actually the alternator pulley failing. Thanks for all the help so far. Special thanks to Anthony for the words of wisdom I can always count on.
Brandon