idler pulley keeps squeking and rattling even after i tighten bolt? help!!
#1
idler pulley keeps squeking and rattling even after i tighten bolt? help!!
I noticed a noise which sounds like the timing chain rattling around yesterday. This morning i inspected the motor and saw it was coming from the pulley right over the waterpump. The circle metal thing right behind the bolt was loose so i tightned it, drove off, everything good. Just got back home, the bolt loosened again and the metal circle thing was rattling as the belt turned making a horrible noise! What do i do?
Last edited by Roblee; 04-11-2016 at 08:07 PM.
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I noticed a noise which sounds like the timing chain rattling around yesterday. This morning i inspected the motor and saw it was coming from the pulley right over the waterpump. The circle metal thing right the bolt was loose so i tightned it, drove off, everything good. Just got back home, the bolt loosened again and the metal circle thing was rattling as the belt turned making a horrible noise! What do i do?
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The idler may be bad. If you take it off and can hear any noised when spinning, encounter too much resistance or it wobbles at all, then it's bad (or grease coming out of the sides).
I would just replace it due to the age and make sure there's nothing wrong with the bolt/nut, then crank it down pretty good.
Take a look at the crank pulley and make sure it's not wobbling while you're at it.
Last edited by Child_uv_KoRn; 04-11-2016 at 08:10 PM.
#3
For one, there's no way you properly tightened it
or it's stripped.
The idler may be bad. If you take it off and can hear any noised when spinning, encounter too much resistance or it wobbles at all, then it's bad (or grease coming out of the sides).
I would just replace it due to the age and make sure there's nothing wrong with the bolt/nut, then crank it down pretty good.
![Stick Out Tongue](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
The idler may be bad. If you take it off and can hear any noised when spinning, encounter too much resistance or it wobbles at all, then it's bad (or grease coming out of the sides).
I would just replace it due to the age and make sure there's nothing wrong with the bolt/nut, then crank it down pretty good.
#4
It has the info in it! "The washer and nut that sit at the end of the bolt are M10x1.25"
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I grabbed an assembly from the junkyard
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Last edited by Child_uv_KoRn; 04-11-2016 at 08:30 PM.
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