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Squeaky AC Belt [message #321153] Wed, 26 July 2017 15:41 Go to next message
SkyKingsley is currently offline  SkyKingsley   United States
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My a/c squeaks pretty bad when I turn it on. The belts are not even a year old so I don't think that's an issue. Is there an easy way to tighten these for a novice or is it best to take it to someone?

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Re: [GMCnet] Squeaky AC Belt [message #321156 is a reply to message #321153] Wed, 26 July 2017 16:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
William Shourt is currently offline  William Shourt   United States
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Andrew the AC belt is particularly hard to tension. Several venders have tightening devices that work well. Search the GMC forum. Several years ago someone posed a fairly easy one to make yourself which I did and it works great.
Gene Fisher has some great info on belts to use and simple gauge to check tightness.

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Re: [GMCnet] Squeaky AC Belt [message #321157 is a reply to message #321156] Wed, 26 July 2017 16:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Justin Brady is currently offline  Justin Brady   United States
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It takes about a minute if you have 2 people and a crow bar.
Loosen the top 2 pivot bolts, then go underneath and loosen the tension bolt (the one on the slotted tensioner) and then the person up top use the crow bar to wedge against the bracket to tension, then underneath you tighten the tensioner bolt.
Tighten up the pivot bolts up top and you're done.
5 minute job at most,and that includes finding the bolts.


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Re: [GMCnet] Squeaky AC Belt [message #321161 is a reply to message #321157] Wed, 26 July 2017 18:42 Go to previous message
Mr ERFisher is currently offline  Mr ERFisher   United States
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:41 PM Justin Brady wrote:

> It takes about a minute if you have 2 people and a crow bar.
> Loosen the top 2 pivot bolts, then go underneath and loosen the tension
> bolt (the one on the slotted tensioner) and then the person up top use the
> crow bar to wedge against the bracket to tension, then underneath you
> tighten the tensioner bolt.
> Tighten up the pivot bolts up top and you're done.
> 5 minute job at most,and that includes finding the bolts.
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