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btw the belt has been chirping for the first time ever. I have run mopar belts for 4 years. Early morning, (factory tension - Krikit II measured) slippage has contibuted to the clicking I am getting now I assume. Just bought a gates belt and it looks awesome very thick. I'm looking forward to...
I had it act insane once when I overfilled it with too much oil. I probably had 6 1/2 quarts in there and not a double sized oil filter. I was driving and all of a sudden it pegged the needle to max like off the scale. I pulled over and drained a quart of oil into a water bottle I had in the XJ...
Got a new A/C magnetic clutch pulley assembly and that seemed to put the serpentine belt back in line perfect. The old A/C pulley was wobbeling about 1/8 of an inch back to front. $198 from Mopar for the assembly. Looks cool too it all chrome except for the grooved pulley. They don't sell just...
I got a BDS 3" lift with new rear springs and when we pulled the rear leafs they weren'y only flat they were bending BACKWARDS on the tips!!!
The lift has been awesome from BDS by the way.
The jeep runs great it was runing great before that too.
The belt still travels toward the back of the fan clutch pulley, and tracks better overall, however I plan to replace the AC pulley that has the minor wobble to see if it moves the belt forward on the fan clutch pulley.
It travels...
P.S. the amount of verticle tilt from 90 degrees, toward the driver on the PS pulley was 1/16 of an inch more or less. It's almost vertical now.
Easy to tell if you stand on the driver side by the front wheel and look down the length of the radiator with one eye closed.
Got back from the dealer and their opinion is that the belt is allowed drift on the smooth pulleys from center.
As preventitive maintenance and since I had the extra money I replaced the HD and Power Steering Pulley (since the PS pulley had some minor rust and posed a cut hazzard to the belt)...
I checked the HD with a striaght edge (framers square) and there is no gap between the HD edges and the Center Bolt (+ or - 1/16 to 1/32 of an inch) so Im scheduled for a visit to the Dealer Tuesday to see what they think's up.
That's what I noticed today. I changed the Fan Clutch and Idler Pulley and did some work onthe Power Steering mounting area (changed all the slightly rounded bolts and adjustment slider and adjustment bolt) and after I put the new belt on it was riding back further on all the smooth pulleys...
How far back or forward on the Idler Pulley, Fan Clutch Pulley and water pump pulley is acceptable for the Serpentine Belt.,
1/8" inch from back of pulley?
All the way back at edge of pulley?
All the way forward on the pulley?
Theoritically the belt should be centered on all non groved...