I replaced my drive belt yesterday (40k miles). I bought and OEM replacement, (2 belts). When i did this , i had a professional mechanic teach me . So after it was done, i turned the car on and nothings wrong. 4 hours later i turn it on again and it starts squeekin hella loud. So i put silicone lubricant on it, and it helped a little........But on a cold start it still squeeks Did i tighten to much or not enough . HELP PLEASE !

 

Pwease help

 

did you use a tension gauge? you might not have them tight enough

 

i tighten them enough to where i couldnt tighten anymore

 

Thanks Jen Ill be sure to tighten them at work tommorw then

 

yea they may have stretched a bit since you first tightened them.. you can try tightening them again

 

dont tighten them too much, they need some slack or they will wearout and crack faster

 

I've seen in some occasions that it squeeks when it's too tight as well. It's just hard to dial in the right tension on these b*tches. I had it squeak on me the other day...and yep it's embarrassing, but not deadly.

 

AHH i dont know what ot do, but thankyou all for chiming in . And ya it was embarresing picking up my girl in front of her friends, hearing that hella loud squeek ......just embarresing .

Thanks again guys

 

Get a belt tension gauge. If the belts are too tight you will place excessive load on your pulleys and it can cause certain parts to fail prematurely.

 

this is the one I use:


It's by OTC

 

we need to get a g35driver community one that we can all ship back and forth

they had something like that on my ninja 250 forums

 

hey, i had the exact same problem. the noise goes away after a couple of seconds but everytime i started my car, i heard that same squeling noise which let me tell you was very embarassing.

I had the belts changed and no more noise! The mechanic told me that its because the belts were not tight enough and they wore out (and my belt had like lil cracks on it...lol)