2G belt squeak after sitting

[steve3s]

my 99 gst 's belt squeaks after it sits for a bit. It does it for about 20 seconds then goes away til it sits for a few hours again.

 

[liljaywizzle85]

How long has that belt been on the car?

 

[WickedBlk95GSX]

Try belt dressing

 

[steve3s]

I think for a while. I bought the car from my buddy and he told me it did it when he had it also. the belts look pretty descent. I put some belt goop on it and it helped a little but its doing it again. Maybe just replace the belts huh

 

[blkonblkawd]

Check the belt for cracks or any sign of dry rotting if its not cracked or dry rotted, then check the tension of the belt should be about a 1/8th of an inch if thats fine, then apply belt dressing it will quiet down that belt. If none of that works then its new belt time.

 

[steve3s]

Thanks guys its been driving me nuts. People look but then I give her some pedal and they smile. Love the fp3052 with open wastegate

 

[luv2rallye]

A bad harmonic balancer will also do that.

 

[liljaywizzle85]

I wouldn't waste money on belt dressings and what-not, just get a new belt and be done with it. That stuff is only gonna work for so long, then the squeak again. From what you say, that belt is what I call "glazed". Save yourself time, money, and frustration.

 

[Ethans 1997 GSX]

have the exact same problem with my alternator/power steering pulleys and belts. guy i bought it from put too long of a bolt in the waterpump so it scraped the powersteering belt so i pulled the pulleys off(which takes forever without lifting the engine) then i had problems putting those pulleys back on after i fixed that bolt. lifted the engine, bolted the pulleys back on and bought a new power steering belt still squeaks if you give it gas when its not warmed up. i hear its a common/regularly occuring problem with these cars, im going to try to powdercoat my pullys to see if that helps, ill let ya'll know

 

[luv2rallye]

i hear its a common/regularly occuring problem with these cars

No it's not. You have a problem like wrong belt, incorrectly tensioned, bad harmonic balancer, or water pump pulleys on backwards which produces a belt offset.

 

[arrowhead]

Get a new belt dayco, gates, goodyear, dont buy a cheap one, check your pulleys
they may be pitted and make sure they are aligned.

 

[Ethans 1997 GSX]

I discovered why my belts sqealed 1: my tensioner bolt on my alternator could no loger handle the tension and bent a little bit. 2: My alternator's rear pully was slightly bent also; I fixed those pieces, quiet as a bird.

 

[luv2rallye]

Imagine that...