About to go nuts! Another belt thrown. (Novi 2200)
#11
Hopefully it will be the money to get my head unit rebuilt if needed, and reinstalled... Plus the money or repairing the belt twice. I need to figure out for sure if it's the head unit. When I listened to some videos on YouTube of some Vortechs with bad bearings it sounded different. What I am hearing from my engine bay and SEEMS to be coming from the head unit is about 2 clicks per second (only at idle rpm speeds). You can also feel it through the pedals.
Once moving the noise goes away, then comes back once you are idling at a light again. I read on some other forum something about the bearings in idler pulley not moving which also seems possible (maybe) which could explain why it only makes the noise at idle... But I'm no mechanic, just makes sense to me logically.
Once moving the noise goes away, then comes back once you are idling at a light again. I read on some other forum something about the bearings in idler pulley not moving which also seems possible (maybe) which could explain why it only makes the noise at idle... But I'm no mechanic, just makes sense to me logically.
#13
if you spun a bearing, the noise would only get worse with higher RPM...and the blower would freeze up fairly quickly. the noise becomes a high shrieking metal on metal sound. unmistakable.
check your pulleys and belt line-up. sounds more likely that the last time you broke your belt one of the pulleys got slightly bent...or the tensioner itself is slightly tweaked.
sorry for your troubles. things like this are why I do all my own installs. any 2-bit idiot can get a ASE liscence. They're nothing special.
check your pulleys and belt line-up. sounds more likely that the last time you broke your belt one of the pulleys got slightly bent...or the tensioner itself is slightly tweaked.
sorry for your troubles. things like this are why I do all my own installs. any 2-bit idiot can get a ASE liscence. They're nothing special.
#14
If it helps any, I timed it while idling in the drive thru.
It made the tick noise about 110 times in a minute when I had it in drive. It was pretty easy to count because the noise is happening at a set interval.
Placing the car in park slightly speeds up the noise but it's not as audible so harder to count
It made the tick noise about 110 times in a minute when I had it in drive. It was pretty easy to count because the noise is happening at a set interval.
Placing the car in park slightly speeds up the noise but it's not as audible so harder to count
Last edited by gburke1; 04-03-2011 at 07:58 PM.
#15
Damn good question... I might just go that route of suing them. What kind of lawyer would I seek out for something like that?
From what I can gather, a head unit repair would cost about $800 + freight. Not to mention the $600 I already spent fixing belts, and the money they charged me for their faulty tuning... and now we are talking $1700+... more than I paid them to install it in the first place.
From what I can gather, a head unit repair would cost about $800 + freight. Not to mention the $600 I already spent fixing belts, and the money they charged me for their faulty tuning... and now we are talking $1700+... more than I paid them to install it in the first place.
#16
I believe the issue has been located.
The idler pulley (the one in between the alternator and supercharger pulley) is wobbling. The wobbling is synchronized with the sound. The bad part is this means taking off the head unit again.
The last shop I went to that installed the belt said if it was the pulley they would only charge me for the part, so I am going to take it there in the morning.
edit:
This is the piece that is wobbling (4PCS016-160): http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com/product.php?p=63
The idler pulley (the one in between the alternator and supercharger pulley) is wobbling. The wobbling is synchronized with the sound. The bad part is this means taking off the head unit again.
The last shop I went to that installed the belt said if it was the pulley they would only charge me for the part, so I am going to take it there in the morning.
edit:
This is the piece that is wobbling (4PCS016-160): http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com/product.php?p=63
#18
I have a feeling by the time this is all done I will almost know how to install the damn thing myself...
#20
I believe the issue has been located.
The idler pulley (the one in between the alternator and supercharger pulley) is wobbling. The wobbling is synchronized with the sound. The bad part is this means taking off the head unit again.
The last shop I went to that installed the belt said if it was the pulley they would only charge me for the part, so I am going to take it there in the morning.
edit:
This is the piece that is wobbling (4PCS016-160): http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com/product.php?p=63
The idler pulley (the one in between the alternator and supercharger pulley) is wobbling. The wobbling is synchronized with the sound. The bad part is this means taking off the head unit again.
The last shop I went to that installed the belt said if it was the pulley they would only charge me for the part, so I am going to take it there in the morning.
edit:
This is the piece that is wobbling (4PCS016-160): http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com/product.php?p=63