99 Tension belt assembly , REPLACE??
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99 Tension belt assembly , REPLACE??
I took off sepentine belt, Idle pulley, and tension assembly. All the pulleys seems to be in good working order with no play or grinding feel, I am going to repace them anyways while I am there, and put in a new belt. My question is do I need to replace the assembly arm that holds the tension pulley or just the tension pulley itself. 4.6 with 110 k on it. Thanks
Lead Driver
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just the pulley themselves, they have the bearing incorpated in to them, while you there check the water pump, for the tattle-tell leakage from the weep hole , use a small mirror and look at the under side of the pump just past where fan shaft goes into the pump housing..if you see don't anti-freeze around the weep hole your good to go... 
Lead Driver
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From: On the road in Ohio
hmmm i would go to auto zone and have the battery and alternator checked , it could be that the battery is weak and the alt. is trying charge it to fast, { heavy load on alt} causing the alt. pulley to drag...i'm not say this is it but it is worth checking out...also the alt could have a problem.....hmmm maybe racerguy will jump in and offer some advice on this one...i'll pm him..
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From: BC, Canada
What type of belt did you use? I've seen some with the same problem you have that just changing to a different belt helped.
Are the pulleys all clean? No dirt or rocks in the grooves?
I would also remove the belt again and try starting it to see if the noise is gone. I've seen a couple of these with starter drive problems that sounded like a belt squeel.
Are the pulleys all clean? No dirt or rocks in the grooves?
I would also remove the belt again and try starting it to see if the noise is gone. I've seen a couple of these with starter drive problems that sounded like a belt squeel.
