Belt Chirp when WOT - TVS1900

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Sep 15, 2013 | 09:39 AM

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Ya i think its the nature of the beast. When i pullied down, I did switch to a slightly smaller belt even tho they say you don't have too. My tensioner on the TVS is mechanical and not spring loaded, unless you are referring to the stock tensioner it uses also

The tensioner location is the same, the one you are refering to is a adjustable idler.

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Sep 15, 2013 | 10:28 AM

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Heh! She is either protesting or Sighing in relief.

On mine I had belt dust on the snout till I went to the Gates tensioner, and a new Gates belt. I run 3.4 & 3.5 pulleys.

Sep 15, 2013 | 02:15 PM

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Have a part # for the tensioner?

Might as well go with a better unit regardless if its slipping or not

Sep 15, 2013 | 02:27 PM

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Have a part # for the tensioner?

Might as well go with a better unit regardless if its slipping or not

I did a post on it back in 2009, see it HERE. The prices are different now and O'Reilly's auto parts are good about carrying Gates stuff and can search them by Gates P/N's. Here is GA anyways.

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Oct 3, 2013 | 12:13 AM

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I'm with Leftcoast32. My naturally asperated 6.0 did this and was driving me nuts. We have a starter/ charging system rebuilder next door so I talked to him about the alt clutch pulley. He installed one for me on my alternator and the belt chirp is gone at WOT trans shifts. Honsetly I would try it the pulley was only 40 bucks and the builder installed it for me in like 5 minutes for the price of the pulley. Gm has used them on Corvettes for years and GTP Grand Prix's also.

Oct 3, 2013 | 12:47 AM

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Interesting. Do you have a part number?

Oct 3, 2013 | 08:09 AM

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Ya part # your referring too?

Oct 4, 2013 | 06:00 PM

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I ended up popping that tensioner on, and it improved the noise a little bit. But as itwas stated, its not really belt slip, but more of a bit of belt noise from wot to nothing.

Had to trim about 2mm worth of metal off a 1 inch section of the tensioner for it to fit perfectly, but besides that it works great