cmacleod

FYI,

My car has been in the shop three times since the ring job they did. First they replaced the belt tensioner and then on the next trip they replaced the belt and finally on the third trip they figured out the power steering pump pulley was not lined up correct. It was about 1/8 inch off causing the car to squeal. (Not all the time) They had to destroy the Power steering pump to get the pulley off. They replaced the power steering pump / Pulley with a new one and the squealing went away.

I hope this helps. I know others are battling the same problem.

Sorry I should have posted this under general.

:mad


[Modified by cmacleod, 9:53 AM 11/14/2002]

kp

I recently replaced the tensioner, idler pulley and belt (3rd one in 2000 miles) - worked for exactly 800 miles and now its sqeaking again. I'm just going to turn up the radio until the car warms up from now on :)

cmacleod

I did they same thing for a while but I got so frustrated with the squealing that I just had to get it fixed. Nevertheless, after awhile you just get tired of the whole thing. :cuss

I guess we will see how long it takes to start again.

1999 White C5 Coupe

cmacleod,

Don't you just love the Mr. Goodwrench service??????

SoCal C5

I posted this suggestion once before but in case you did not see it I'll restate it here. You might want to consider trying a shorter belt to eliminate your squeeking problem. To accomadate the shorter belt the spring loaded tensioner must be twisted further, as such, the belt tension is increased and you get less squeeking. This woked on my wife's Suburban (5 mm shorter) and an LS1 Trams Am I know of (10 or 15 mm shorter, I am not sure which). I hope that helps.