RE: RE: simple sqeak to god awful shrieking...

From: Rick Barnes (barnesrv@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 14:59:41 EST


They only sell that tensioner as a unit...I got a price of over $100!

Rascal

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of BARRY OLIVER
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 2:21 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: simple sqeak to god awful shrieking...

IMHO, replace the tensioner too, even if it's still OK. I left mine on
when it was marginal, and the next thing you know, I was replacing a
water-pump too... Dodge considers a tensioner a wear item just like a
belt or a brake shoe...

>>> ejerman69@hotmail.com 02/26/03 12:17PM >>>

I'm gonna swap out the belt today and check out the belt tensioner...I
kind
of discounted it being the belt because it sounds more like metal on
metal
grinding...but I'll give it a shot. Everything on the truck is
original
except the water pump and I'm at around 75k...Hopefully that's all that
it
is. Thanks for the info. Eric Jerman

>From: SEMIHEMI01@aol.com
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: aol@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: Re: DML: RE: simple sqeak to god awful shrieking...
>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:19:43 EST
>
>Eric,
> Check the belt tensioner, If it's frozen up then the belt is
not
>being
>tightened after sitting all night. Also the belt may need replacing.
How
>many
>miles on the belt?? you may need to replace the belt tensioner too.
They
>have
>a tendency to freeze up on Dodge products. "Sir Bill"
>
>SEMIHEMI01@AOL.COM> KB SuperCharged, 4.7L, 2001, QC,
>http://hometown.aol.com/semihemi01/index.html <or>
>http://southernmopar.org/

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