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?

 

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

 

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

 

Try tightening the belt.

 

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

 

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-

 

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...

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

careful with that. Keep tht little wench tighten to spec.. Don't want this to happen
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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.