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11-20-2017, 02:54 PM | #1 |
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Tensioner causing squeak?
Is there a way to determine if the squeak I am experiencing is coming from my tensioner? I have a 5.3 with a kwik performance ac bracket and z28 tensioner as described in their instructions and I have a squeak that begins around 1500 rpm. I put a wrench on the tensioner and gently applied pressure and the squeak goes away. The tensioner only has a few thousand miles on it.
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11-20-2017, 05:23 PM | #2 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
the LS1 tensioners are well known for this squeak. the only real remedy is to replace the tensioner pulley
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11-20-2017, 06:14 PM | #3 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
Couple of things to try;
spray some water on the belt at the described rpm's. If it's a belt noise, it'll go away briefly then come back using a long probe of some kind (screw driver, dowel, even a length of hose, etc.) put one end on the tensioner, the other to your ear. A squealing bearing will become very evident. This can be applied to any belt driven device to check for noise |
11-20-2017, 10:12 PM | #4 | |
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11-21-2017, 05:49 AM | #5 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
The water just acts as a lubricant, and it'll tell you if your belt is hard/brittle, or dry. It just separates a "belt" noise from a mechanical one
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11-21-2017, 11:57 AM | #6 |
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11-20-2017, 10:10 PM | #7 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
Replace it with a stock replacement or larger for more belt contact and reduced chance of slip? The ac bracket came with a smooth pulley because of how the belt routes.
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11-21-2017, 11:57 AM | #8 | |
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I have gone as far as taking the dust covers off the bearings, cleaning and repacking with fresh grease, only to have the squeak come back within a month or so. |
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11-21-2017, 12:17 PM | #9 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
I swapped to another belt I had and shimmed one pulley. It's gone for now, but I think last time I messed with it I had a few weeks of silence before it returned. I took a photo of the tensioner, which marks am I supposed to be watching?
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11-20-2017, 06:28 PM | #10 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
Pretty much every LS truck I've worked on has pulley squeak somewhere. I notice it most on cold start high idle. Once your truck is loud enough, you don't notice it anymore lol.
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11-23-2017, 12:46 AM | #11 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
I had the same problem, I switched to a Goodyear Gatorback belt and the noise hasn’t come back.
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11-25-2017, 01:02 AM | #12 |
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Re: Tensioner causing squeak?
If the dive isn't aligned, it will squeak.. and in the picture, the mark it's on means the tension is just right. Now the belt looks like it's riding on the tensioner pulley edge. If you can center the belt on that tensioner you might get rid of the squeak if that's the source.. have you called the manufacturer? If not, you should so you get a direct answer on your problem.
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