heyhar
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- PA (near Poconos)
It's belts, hoses, and plugs time, at 90k miles, for our '04 OutBack Wagon. I had the head gaskets and timing belt done about 2k miles ago, and now it's time for the rest. I put on two new Gates belts (XJs like them best, why not Subies?). The A/C belt tightened up nice, no squeal at the bottom-end of it's tension range, according to the Krikit II. But the other belt, driving the Alternator and the P/S pump wanted to keep slipping, because of the pump. Using the Krikit, I took the tension to the upper limit, never exceeding it, and now the P/S pump sounds like hell, squawking like it's empty, which it's not.
Is it possible that the belt was installed too tight when the engine was serviced 2k miles ago, and the bearing wore funny? It just seems like a coincidence that I remove the belt, replace it with a new one, don't over-tighten it, and now have a bad pump. It'll be about a hundred bucks on Rock Auto to replace it, so no big deal, but I'd like to have an idea what happened, so I don't do it again!...Thanks
Is it possible that the belt was installed too tight when the engine was serviced 2k miles ago, and the bearing wore funny? It just seems like a coincidence that I remove the belt, replace it with a new one, don't over-tighten it, and now have a bad pump. It'll be about a hundred bucks on Rock Auto to replace it, so no big deal, but I'd like to have an idea what happened, so I don't do it again!...Thanks