2 Month Routine Squeak

[WarNose]

Looks

The open tensioner is just a crap design that doesn’t give enough tensioner to keep the belt from slipping, I finally fixed my squeak by replacing my engine with a 94 idit that has the improved tensioner. No more squeaking or blowing belts.

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Looks damn good!

 

[saburai]

Wes, the engine looks fantastic!
How difficult/expensive is it to swap from various belt to serpentine?

 

[DrCharles]

I especially like the cable tie keeping the belt in contact with the alternator pulley

On mine (closed tensioner) I fixed the squeak with a new 6K1105 (110.5 inch belt, half an inch longer than stock). The old 110 inch had stretched to the point where the tensioner ran out of range. But I would not have been able to get a new 110 on - as it is, I had to temporarily dismount the alternator to get it over the pulley.

 

[Thewespaul]

Yeah zip tie was there to hold the belt on until I put the ac comp on when it got in the truck, it’s a pretty simple swap, just need everything off the front of a 94 engine, make sure it’s a closed tensioner and not the open tensioner which you can see the spring on. Some late 93 trucks had the closed tensioner design, and all 94s had them.