I noticed a squeaking coming from my car at idle and I diagnosed it as the belt slipping on the car by using a chalk line on the belt & pulley The belt feels quite tight (about 1/4 inch of play) and I don't want to tighten it any more with the fear of ruining the belt or worse. My question is:

A) Given this belt is about a year old, should I go ahead and replace it with a new one?
B) Also, is there any link as to how to remove the belt?

***Update! Found out it is the bearing in the idler pulley, $5.50 to fix***

 

was it the idler pulley bearing, did you change it out and the squeaking went away?

 

not the belt. its the crank pulley ,cheak it out before it goes bang

 

Mine will sometimes jerk the steering a tiny bit at very low rpms -- like under hot idle and turning the wheel full lock--

I wonder if it could be the bearing --- The idler pulley sounded a bit dry on the right side of the motor-- (driver side) on the top right-- I spun it by hand and it kinda sounded like a skateboard wheel instead of a precision machine bearing-- -- ksssssssshhhhhhh -- something like that--