its pouring rain out side to day .. to the point where man-hole covers are pouring out water , streets are blocked off and closed...

i been out in my huge truck with my 10.000lb tow straps pulling stuck cars out of the rain ah ha...
Problem is my belts are Whieng soo loud bc there eather wet or underwater HOW do you keep that from happening so it doesnt sound like crap!!!! gah

jayson

 

Replace the belt with a goodyear gatorback.

You might also want to make sure that it's not your tensioner that's squeeking.

 

don't get 'em wet ?

or try some belt dressing ..

 

not sure what it is ..!1 only when its underwater for a few mins or totally wet i hear whineing.. bad ,,,, Gatorback going to go check them out now .. anyway going back out ... its a Fun day in califorina today i will take some pics in a few..!

anyother ideas, I dont thing belt dressing will work underwater ah ha

 

kinda piggybacking on this but i have a belt squeek on my truck, and i do think it is due to the tensioner pully. the belt is riding the inside wall of the pully not realy sure what my options are. thanks for any advice.

 

Replace your belt with a chain and gear pulleys!!!!!!!! LOL HA HA HA


Seriously, you need to find a belt and pulley setup, that will not allow any belt slip. I dont know if anything like that exsists. Oh wait a minute, those big custom motorcycles with the "fat" belts, those belts dont whine in the rain. So there might be some info there.Good Luck Big-old-460.

 

it should help keep the belt from slipping, which is probably what's causing the squeak

for a few bucks it's worth a try .. no?

 

you could try spraying it down with wd40 before you get into the water. i have no idea if it would work, iv never tried it. But it might help keep the belt from getting saturated and the pulleys from holding water on them.

But then again it could make it worse, idk. I might be worth a shot though.

 

I am not sure that it is even worth a shot because WD-40 is naturally a lubricant even though it can help with water displacement (WD). My experience is that belts do not like any kind of lubricant, that's why the belt is slipping when it gets wet, water is acting as a lubricant. The thing is, if WD-40 is introduced I dont think he would be able to remove it and therefore have no choice but to install a new belt to stop it from slipping. I had to replace my belt just because my water pump weeped 50/50 coolant mix on it. I tried scrubbing clean, belt dressing(several applications), even tried roughing up belt contact surface with a steel brush. Nothing worked. I had to replace a belt that had only 20,000mi on it. I would try WD-40 only as a last resort,IMO.

 

Don't use WD40 or any other sort of lubricant. It will ruin the belt and slip like crazy. The best you're going to do is to simply put up with it.

 

^^^ good point, might be an interesting experiment on a belt your going to replace anyways.

 

I used belt conditioner before and it was a mess. Covered the pulleys with scum and I had to take the belt off and scrape all the pulleys.