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I can only go about 3 years or 30k before mine starts to sqeak. I usually take it off and let it dry well and put it on backwards, and it'll dispear for awhile.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 04-Mar-02 AT 09:32 PM (EST)]I would look into the belt tensioner on you truck. If you are not getting enough tension form your tensioner it can cause that problem.
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Wet belts will make noise, especially if they have some miles on them and are maybe a little bit glazed. It is also possible that the tensioner may need adjusting like the guy said.
On a different listserver for chebbies, they have had very good luck with the Goodyear Gatorback belts. Sometimes hard to find though.
I have not had any success with belt dressings on serpentine belts, it is a very temporary fix and gums up everything bad. A real pain to clean up after that.
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Jim Henderson
On a different listserver for chebbies, they have had very good luck with the Goodyear Gatorback belts. Sometimes hard to find though.
I have not had any success with belt dressings on serpentine belts, it is a very temporary fix and gums up everything bad. A real pain to clean up after that.
Good Luck,
Jim Henderson
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The serp belt drives the fan and waterpump off the back of the beltwhere there is no grip at all.I cleaned my waterpump pulley with brake cleaner before putting a new belt on and it has been good for over a year now thru rain sleet and snow. I am using a Gates belt. The only sqeal I get now is from the idler pulley bearing which I will replace ASAP, but this is an itermittent noise so I tend to neglect it. I did pop one of the seals off one day and found it to be damn near dry so I added a little light grease and the problem went away, but there is a bit of slop in the bearing race so it does need replacing soon.
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I have had to install a 1 inch shorter belt then the application called for to tame the belt noises from an auto tension design.
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My 1993 F-150 4.9 w/ac sqeaked for a long time. I bought a gates greenline and it has been on for about 5,000 and no sqeaks at all. I made a point to ask the parts guy if the lifetime warranty covered sqeaking he said it does on that belt so I plan on getting a new one as soon as it sqeaks at all. So I would reccomend the Gates Greenline. 
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I just replaced my belt on a 95 5.0, because it was squeaky, now it doesn't make any noise except for right when i start it up, it makes a loud screech, not like the squeaking though. Is this because the belt is tighter? Will it go away after being used for awhile? Thnax for the help.
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Ford has a TSB for the pre-94's replacing the WP pulley. Have only seen it work 1 of the 5 times I sold it. A tensioner is a good thing look at, but most of the ones I have seen are the PS pulley is slightly out of alignment. My friend with a 88 F-250 5.8 4X4 tried 4 belts, a tensioner, and the WP pulley. Everytime he changed something it would away for 1-3 weeks and come back, until he moved the PS pulley back about 1/32-1/16". It has been over a year and no sweek! Everytime I sell a belt for one these I tell them to first check the PS pulley and it fixes 75% of them.
