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Not sayen anything, don't know your problem. On two of mine in decades, it's only been the idler pulley bearing gone bad for me. IIRC it's the same bearing # that goes in a regular old Delco alt, btw.
That ain't right. No there is no adjustment for that. Check the Crank pulley carefully. It's two piece, with rubber between the inner hub and the outer ring. Those are known to go fubar. If your ring has slid out some, that would affect alignment.
well! look what i found.. all this time i thought it was something stupid guess i shouldnt have procrastinated.
Hey! Supper! Renting the puller is free, I forget $45 for the pulley? Maybe less. Mine didn't have the rubber splash stuff below made it pretty easy. Just loosened the belt, went under and swapped (the harmonic ballancer). I might have removed the fan shroud, don't remember.
I went out and took those pics just for this, glad it helped!
Last edited by DFlintstone; 01-28-2017 at 01:50 PM.
thank you very much! i wound up taking my bumper off it made it easier. i hope my procrastination helps future xj owners this wasnt a hard fix at all definitely worth checking
part # 648616 puller from advanced auto $119 to buy free to rent
you figure itd make one hell of a hectic sound but all it did was squeak like a belt.. pretty loud tho
I have had a similar issue with belt squeaking and then finally jumping off of the power steering pump. After looking for a while I found the water pump pulley was wobbling and is missing a bolt. I am wondering if I will need to replace the bolt, bolt and pulley, or the whole pump. Any insight would help. Thanks
I have had a similar issue with belt squeaking and then finally jumping off of the power steering pump. After looking for a while I found the water pump pulley was wobbling and is missing a bolt. I am wondering if I will need to replace the bolt, bolt and pulley, or the whole pump. Any insight would help. Thanks
If twer me. I'd straight-up replace the water pump. it's not an expensive part. And it's an easy job.
Tried replacing the belt with a bando belt. . I tried everything, except this. When I finally replaced with a band belt it stopped and never has squeaked again
01-24-2017, 08:08 PM
! so happy now
