1988 Jeep Cherokee "tension pulley spray" Questions

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...needs replaced. The squeal was coming from one of your pulleys, the most likely culprit is the idle pulley, second in line is the tension pulley, this would be a likely culprit of the clacking

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...pulley. Is this normal? and if not whats wrong with it and what do i need to do to fix it? a squeaking belt can be caused by wrong tension [belt slips] if belt looks polished then thats whats ...

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...has rubber ring that eventually wears. I also know that when people try and use WD40 on the tensioner pulley because the bearing is squeeking the WD40 sometimes works its way to the balancer ...

...pulley would. when running i sprayed oil in on it and it stop squeaking for a short time. what can i do to stop the squeak. Take the belt off check the clutch fan and spin all the pullies insure they ...

...tension. as you can see its NON TRIVial AT 180 LBS. FROM THE XJ BOOK, ,valid to 2001. RHD never LHD cars. and never export cars. 4.0L only., so..... posted the free book on xj 200 times the chapter 7 ...

...ends well. Release tension from pulley and unhook belt. Then shake tensioner pulley to check for play or slack, spin by hand to see if it turns freely, if so replace belt and spray no more with

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...39;t loosen the tensioner pulley. any suggestions? These screws are always corroded to the point that all the spray rust remover will not fix. Replacing the whole tensioner is usually the only ...

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...spray water in the area of the pulley it is most likely a loose belt. I would start by looking at the belt itself first then spray WD-40 in the bearing area of the Idler pulley and tensioning pulley. ...

...tension but also the tensioner gets weak and all it takes is a couple slips of the belt to harden and you will get a squeal. Spray WD 40 on tensioner, idler pulleys, alternator behind pulley, not on ...

...pulley -- if you do not have enough tension on the serpentine belt, it will slip on the pulleys and cause a squeaking noise (very loud and high pitched). if you push on the serpentine belt with your ...

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