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960 Aux drive belt tensioner squeaking/chirping.. need soulution 900

posted by  someone claiming to be scottfunk on  Mon Mar 10 03:14 CST 2003 [RELATED]

1993 960

My auxillary drive belt tensioner emmits a 'squeaking/chirping' sound and seems to have a a nervous jitter , like the belt is bumpy. I just had the timing belt replaced approx 2k ago. It is most noticiable while the engine is warming up.

I can place some pressure on the tensioner by hand and the squeaking ceases. I've also carefully sprayed WD40 inside it and the squeaking ceases for a couple of days, only to return. I'm not sure if this can be rebuilt (are there any bearings inside?). I am a little nervous about dissassembly if I cannot get it back together properly.

Anyone hae this dilema and care to share suggestions on fixing this problem? I'm amazed at the costly replacement of this little item!

Many thanks!

Scott






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