Oh why oh why did I sell my other Animal? (that will be my epitaph).

My 'new' Animal has started squealing from cold, I have checked the belts and they are all tight, no visible wobble on the pulley. (going to borrow some tippex tomorrow)

History: Genuine Pully, washer and bolt bought and fitted November 2012, also all genuine auxillary belts bought and fitted at the same time, I have the receipts.

Looking at old MOT's the truck has done 5000 miles max since this work was done. No reason to doubt any of it as I bought it from a chap I work with's father in law, the chap I work with is a operator at the gas terminal where I work and he is a time served main dealer mechanic.

Question then, can a genuine pulley fail in such a short time and with such low mileage been travelled

Answers on a postcard please.

Have you checked the alternator belt for squeal? , can you take top belt cover off and visibly look at pulley to see if it wobbles?

jon my truck was swueeling the other week a quick tweak on the alternator 5 mins jobs a good un

it only did it in the morning too

now it dont do it at all

Quote: ronniecabers wrote in post #2

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Have you checked the alternator belt for squeal? , can you take top belt cover off and visibly look at pulley to see if it wobbles?

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All I have done up to now is check the tension and all is ok, brand new belts (2 years ago), do I need to take a cover off to check the pulley? I can see it all just looking down where the belts go cant I ?

chef did correct me...........

is the power steering belt ok on the tension front too?

Quote: 123hotchef wrote in post #3

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jon my truck was swueeling the other week a quick tweak on the alternator 5 mins jobs a good un

it only did it in the morning too

now it dont do it at all

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get some aux belt spay from tool station and give the belts a spray mate that works too if they have hardened

do check the pulley for any slight wobble mate even changing the pulley aint a big deal tbh

Quote: 123hotchef wrote in post #7

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is the power steering belt ok on the tension front too?

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http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Automoti...lt+Spray/p25485

Quote: 123hotchef wrote in post #10

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do check the pulley for any slight wobble mate even changing the pulley aint a big deal tbh

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spray ya belts man!

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spray ya belts man!

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top tip spray them with the engine on

Quote: 123hotchef wrote in post #17

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top tip spray them with the engine on

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why

coz it sticks like a tw@ ...... man

and you end up loosing skin to get it off
not that I did that of course

lol i aint tried that one

cant ya shoot straight man

wear gloves maybe

gloves is a good shout man
the can I've is still sticky as feck every time I pick it up so it must work man

when my belts were squeaking I sprayed some at the top of the belts while the engine was running and the noise stopped instantly

i did the same on my truck it worked for a while a few months or more then came back so i decided to tighten the alt belts man

yeah man, mine worked for a good few months too
not had an issue since having the cam belt and all the others changed by Mitsi dealer

Thanks again guys, I have 'just found' some Forward Chemicals Beltlife in our stores, just looked up the safety data sheets for both types and they are the same, I love a free fix (that's supposing it doe the job).