cpt

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I'm getting a belt squeal on start up. I replaced them a couple of weeks ago. A old trick we did in the 70's was run a bar of soap over it and never squealed again. Will this work here?

JUDE

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I would just go to an auto shop and buy the spray. Only 3 or 4 bucks.

sky jumper

forget the sprays and soaps -- tighten the belts to the proper specs and they will not squeal.

NmexMAX

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Try tightening the belt.

jojo98maxima

yes i agree it happened to me i tighten the belts and it was gone

GodFather

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Yeah, tighten that baby up. My last belt replacement was done by myself. I didn't tighten the pulley bolt too tight, now it's slipping away and making the squealing noises. It gets worse everyday from once or twice to almost always. Then I got down there and tightend it up, it's done gone.

-Peter-

NCSUpilot

Belt dressing sucks...I need to take off an re-tighten to rid of my squeal. But yea, like the guys said above, screw the dressing...

speed racer

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don't use belt dressing. Its simple. Unloosen idle pully nut adjust and retighten. And just listen to it purrr.

cpt

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Thanks........................

used parts

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You might want to check your harmonic balancer. Last night i was doing an oil change on my GF car....i had left my 95 SE running. I heard belt squeal so i went outside and sure enough it was my car. COme to find out the belt blows a few seconds later....i ended up finding the outer pulley ring worked its way over the inner one towards the timing cover. 245,000 miles

NmexMAX

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careful with that. Keep tht little wench tighten to spec.. Don't want this to happen
http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...11&postcount=6

GodFather

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Good call, I did blow out a whole pulley from the alternator one time, from tighten up the tensioner too tight.

I then took the alternator out to Autozone for a replacement. I had to strategically blame it over to Autozone and make it sound like it was their crappy alternator's fault that this had happend. Got a whole new alternator for free.