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Hey all,
Apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong place but I'm not a daily user of this website and don't know where I could find a sub-forum as specific as mine but here it is:
I have been having a real hard time with my truck and belt problems. Whether the belt squeak after a while or shreds, I've seen it all. Probably have replaced about 10 belts in 4 years of owning the truck. I fixed the problem for 8 of those shredding occasions and went clean for about 2 years however just recently, my belt jumped and would not stay on. I had the tensioner assembly replaced and pulley's realigned after figuring out that was the problem after shredding those 8 belts (2 years ago).
Just last week, the belt jumped (as stated earlier) and wouldn't fit back on correctly. I installed a brand new tensioner assembly and hoped that would fix the issue. It did, however my tensioner is severely misaligned. Still, after putting that assembly on with a new belt, no squeak, no jumps--it seemed to work. Just this evening, I was making a turn and accelerating, after I got into 90% of the turn, I let off on the accelerator and my steering wheel stuttered and my lights came on--indicating (as I so well know from doing this so many times) that my belt had jumped.
I went to Autozone and bought a new power-steering pump because while the pulley turns with hand, it is not smooth (as it should be). The reservoir leaks pretty bad anyways and because its 27 years old, I figured I might as well get a new one. I'm hoping the power-steering pump is the culprit in all of this but I still cannot feel 100% about driving my truck while knowing how misaligned my tensioner is. I think the previous owner might have messed up the area where the bolt that holds the tensioner in fits. I could put a washer on the back of the tensioner to see if I can straighten the pulley just enough for it to be aligned but I really don't know where to go from here.
I feel I've got real good knowledge on my truck after driving it for almost 5 years and I have a gut-feeling that it isn't just the power-steering pump that is causing my belts to jump. I'm concerned that it's something to do with the tensioner assembly but I really don't know what else to do after installing a brand new assembly and idler pulley. I've had these belt problems ever since I bought this truck and I really just never know what to do after I get to this point in the situation.
Sometimes I just want to buy a new engine block so that I don't have this minor of an issue, lol. Might as well cummins-swap while I'm at it. 😂
Any ideas are appreciated. If you need more information that could maybe garner a better understanding of my situation for your opinion, let me know. I'm open to any and all ideas.
Thanks.
Apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong place but I'm not a daily user of this website and don't know where I could find a sub-forum as specific as mine but here it is:
I have been having a real hard time with my truck and belt problems. Whether the belt squeak after a while or shreds, I've seen it all. Probably have replaced about 10 belts in 4 years of owning the truck. I fixed the problem for 8 of those shredding occasions and went clean for about 2 years however just recently, my belt jumped and would not stay on. I had the tensioner assembly replaced and pulley's realigned after figuring out that was the problem after shredding those 8 belts (2 years ago).
Just last week, the belt jumped (as stated earlier) and wouldn't fit back on correctly. I installed a brand new tensioner assembly and hoped that would fix the issue. It did, however my tensioner is severely misaligned. Still, after putting that assembly on with a new belt, no squeak, no jumps--it seemed to work. Just this evening, I was making a turn and accelerating, after I got into 90% of the turn, I let off on the accelerator and my steering wheel stuttered and my lights came on--indicating (as I so well know from doing this so many times) that my belt had jumped.
I went to Autozone and bought a new power-steering pump because while the pulley turns with hand, it is not smooth (as it should be). The reservoir leaks pretty bad anyways and because its 27 years old, I figured I might as well get a new one. I'm hoping the power-steering pump is the culprit in all of this but I still cannot feel 100% about driving my truck while knowing how misaligned my tensioner is. I think the previous owner might have messed up the area where the bolt that holds the tensioner in fits. I could put a washer on the back of the tensioner to see if I can straighten the pulley just enough for it to be aligned but I really don't know where to go from here.
I feel I've got real good knowledge on my truck after driving it for almost 5 years and I have a gut-feeling that it isn't just the power-steering pump that is causing my belts to jump. I'm concerned that it's something to do with the tensioner assembly but I really don't know what else to do after installing a brand new assembly and idler pulley. I've had these belt problems ever since I bought this truck and I really just never know what to do after I get to this point in the situation.
Sometimes I just want to buy a new engine block so that I don't have this minor of an issue, lol. Might as well cummins-swap while I'm at it. 😂
Any ideas are appreciated. If you need more information that could maybe garner a better understanding of my situation for your opinion, let me know. I'm open to any and all ideas.
Thanks.
