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Purchased a Gates belt tensioner and pulley. I had to remove two screws from the coil bracket to get to the nut and loosen the assembly. Of course I had removed the belt already. Pulled the old one off, tightented the new one and reattached the coil bracket. Quite a difference with the SPRING in this new tensioner. Put the belt back on and started the truck. Life is good and it sure was nice to do a quick 10 minute job. This was quite a bit easier than the water pump.
Thanks to all for you advice
I used this stuff from O’Reilly Auto parts. Blue grease in a small packet. It worked for a couple of weeks. What I put on there now is high temperature bearing grease. Is there a magic cure?
I used this stuff from O’Reilly Auto parts. Blue grease in a small packet. It worked for a couple of weeks. What I put on there now is high temperature bearing grease. Is there a magic cure?
OK, I pullled everything off and compared it to the manual and everything is installed correctly. So I took it all apart again anyway. Previously I put some high temperature grease on the bosses because of the squeak and it worked for a about a week or so, but then the squeak came back.
This time I sanded those bosses until they were nice and clean and shiny. I also cleaned everything up with brake cleaner again then reinstalled all of the hardware. I put her all back together and went for a ride. Nice and quiet just like before.
So I know it’s not the shoes, the squeak seems to come from the back of the shoes scrapping across the bosses. The squeak only happens when I am coming to a complete stop. Could it just be that really cleaning and lubricating the bosses will solve this problem completely?
OK, I pullled everything off and compared it to the manual and everything is installed correctly. So I took it all apart again anyway. Previously I put some high temperature grease on the bosses because of the squeak and it worked for a about a week or so, but then the squeak came back.
This time I sanded those bosses until they were nice and clean and shiny. I also cleaned everything up with brake cleaner again then reinstalled all of the hardware. I put her all back together and went for a ride. Nice and quiet just like before.
So I know it’s not the shoes, the squeak seems to come from the back of the shoes scrapping across the bosses. The squeak only happens when I am coming to a complete stop. Could it just be that really cleaning and lubricating the bosses will solve this problem completely?
So……just to make sure. I am talking about rear brake shoes (pads) No disc brakes on ther rear of the truck. The shoes don’t seem to be squealing. It’s the back of the shoes where there are about three protruding metal nubs on each shoe where they sit up against a flat piece of metal with all the springs installed. I hope I am explaining this in a way you can understand what I am trying to describe.
So……just to make sure. I am talking about rear brake shoes (pads) No disc brakes on ther rear of the truck. The shoes don’t seem to be squealing. It’s the back of the shoes where there are about three protruding metal nubs on each shoe where they sit up against a flat piece of metal with all the springs installed. I hope I am explaining this in a way you can understand what I am trying to describe.