Can bad crankshaft pulley cause belt squeal?
My 97 suddenly started making a loud screeching noise from one of the belts. I removed the serpentine belt, started the engine, and the noise was still there. Then I took the power steering belt off, started the engine, and the noise went away. I put the power steering belt back on, left it really loose, same noise. I tried tightening the belt in about five steps, making it progressively tighter after each step, until I had the tensioner at the end of its travel. As the belt got tighter, the squealing lessened some but the crankshaft pulley started making a moaning noise, and wobbling quite a bit. Spraying soapy water on the power steering belt quiets it down for a few seconds, then the noise comes back.
Can a worn out crankshaft pulley cause belt squeal? I'm at a loss as to what else it could be. I replaced the power steering pump, thinking maybe it had a wobbly shaft or something. That was dumb. $150 and a lot of cursing for nothing. |
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you have a broken crank pulley. Search and you will see it is a bit of a plague for the 4th gens. There is a Dorman replacement available from Auto Zone to advanced. I'm sure there are others available from other stores too.
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yep, had that on my 3rd gen. crankshaft pulley went bad and i got a squeal
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sounds like your crank pulley is about to fall apart. it's happening to a lot of 4th gens now. has happened to me.
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OK, thanks everybody. I ordered a new pulley from rockauto.
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After replacing the crankshaft pulley, the squeal is gone. I can't see anything wrong with the old pulley, though.
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Not to steal your topic but I am having a simlar issue. I took off my pully once to get at something else and I broke one of the bolts. So now there is 2 bolts on it and that stuf broke off into the block :(
I know I can "drill" it out, but no way with that room. I am trying to figure out what to do, because my belt won't stop squeeeeeling and it is rerouted without the AC so I need a special size. ugh. I bet that bolt missing made it do a different tension. I am currently using like almost max tension and it still squeels, hell even the idle pully hits the arm sometimes. ugh.... I hate the way they made these. I suppose they are better then the ford spring loaded ones but I still think they are dumb. |
Originally Posted by ATTappman
(Post 8419394)
After replacing the crankshaft pulley, the squeal is gone. I can't see anything wrong with the old pulley, though.
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