blackS197

I have been getting squeaking from one of the pulleys. Not sure which one only at start up when the engine is cold. After it warms up for a minute the squeak slowly goes away. What do you guys think it is? Belt rubbing on pulley? Loose pulley?

hammeron

hey black, check the sliding idler
pulley and make sure it's all the
way down

blackS197

Which one is the sliding idler pulley?

hammeron

i circled it, also if it looks fine, then
it could also be the one i marked
with an "X", since you may have replaced
the stock one



[IMG]local://upfiles/37808/628B0F59A19D4C06AE01A6CD6FC14677.jpg[/IMG]

blackS197

Thanks Hammeron! Ill check it out when i get home.

moosestang

It's probably the 100mm idler pulley with the X. Mine squeaked, but it slowly went away. give it a few thousand miles.

blackS197

Thanks for the input guys. I dont think its anything to worry about since it goes away after the engine heats up.

hammeron

just looking after our fellow
crew member....we never
leave a fallen whipple behind

Diabolical!

My sliding idler squeaked like a banshee about a week after I installed the whipple. Turned out, I hadn't tightened it down enough. All is well now.

moosestang

You really need two people to get it as tight as whipple recommends. One person to hold the breaker bar and the other to push down on the pulley while tightening it. I used my wife to hold the breaker bar and a block of 2x4 and my foot to push down on the sliding idler pulley.