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Old Jan 5, 2025 | 05:34 PM
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started making a squeaking noise yesterday now it’s making this noise on top of that does anyone know what it could be

reply and i’ll send you the video it won’t allow me to add it
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Old Jan 6, 2025 | 02:53 AM
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It will be one of the idler wheels or tensioner wheels, hopefully on the auxiliary belt and not on the timing belt.
You will need an engineers stethoscope to narrow down which one is squeaking.
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Originally Posted by bigboat430
started making a squeaking noise yesterday now it’s making this noise on top of that does anyone know what it could be

reply and i’ll send you the video it won’t allow me to add it
If squeaking noise it can be the belt even if looks good. For bearing I bought stethoscope from harbor freight which works very well. The idler bearing is what I have had to replace. Very easy to change
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