WTF! ya thats a problem!And I doubt it,The new jackshaft must have a deeper land area.Take a pic without the tape in the way,measure the pully width.It looks to be on right,can you see the etching on the pully?
Maggie Belt Squeak w/Pics - Help?!!
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Ok most know the used maggie blues i've been living. I still love it though! I hope this is the final problem. I sent the thing to magnuson for new jackshaft, bearings, etc.... I get it back and notice the belt is squeaking. I assumed it was because i got some coolant on the belt, so i just waited it out. It still squeaked so i tried belt dressing, this made things worse. Then i tried some silicone on the backside of the belt, this helped for about 30 mins. So tonight i cleaned every pulley with brake cleaner and bought a new belt, still has a squeak. After i finished screaming at it, i looked at it for quite a while. After getting the latest and greatest update to the maggie it appears the maggie pulley is about 1/2" closer to the firewall than the other pulleys. The squeaking is definitely on the backside of the belt, seems to be the idler pulley between the maggie and the power steering. Any ideas on what could cause this? Is it possible they put the pulley on facing the wrong way? Think i can shim it out some? Any ideas will help, im definitely not wanting to uninstall and ship it back to magnuson for another 2 weeks without the V... (Tape measure was the best straight edge i could find)
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Thanks for all of the thoughts. The offset on the pulley is what makes me think it is on backwards. Seems like if i flip it, it may not be as bad. Maybe i should just put the 2.6 back on! What confuses me is the idler pulley that is part of the maggie lines up with the other pulleys just fine. How could it leave magnuson without them seeing the difference, especially since they supposedly test them before they leave? I think i'll take it to a shop and have them pull it. Last time i rented/borrowed a puller from autozone and it made me nervous. If i just backed it off some don't you think it would eventually creep its way towards the firewall again except this time the nut would come loose as well? I emailed David at Magnuson, it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. Here are some more pics
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and here's my other project...almost finished, boost gauge comes tomorrow. Basal wood and bondo!
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and here's my other project...almost finished, boost gauge comes tomorrow. Basal wood and bondo!
The pulley is a tapered shaft and very hard to put on the wrong way.
Not to say that it couldn't be done, but I would:
1. Try a new belt.
2. Get a real straight edge and lay it against three pulleys at a time if you think it is misaligned.
3. If it is misaligned, the belt will jump onto the edge of the pulley if you gas it (sometimes).
4. Maybe the shaft was installed backwards.
Not to say that it couldn't be done, but I would:
1. Try a new belt.
2. Get a real straight edge and lay it against three pulleys at a time if you think it is misaligned.
3. If it is misaligned, the belt will jump onto the edge of the pulley if you gas it (sometimes).
4. Maybe the shaft was installed backwards.
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Any hitmen in california looking for work?!!! So i flipped the pulley and the squealing is worse. The belt is now actually split a bit. To make things more difficult for me the new jackshaft does not have a flat spot to use a second wrench to tighten or loosen the pulley, so i bought one of those wrenches with the rubber strap and it worked great. At this point im not a happy camper. Three things are for sure, I am not paying for a 3rd belt, i am not paying for another pulley, and i am not sending the whole damn thing back at my expense. Thinking of taking it to a local shop and let them bill magnuson. It should never have left their shop with 2 pulleys misaligned. This has cost me 3 evenings of time and about $150 in renting pulley pullers, belts, and new wrenches. I think i've done my share of labor. Now i cant get the pulley to go back to the way it was this morning. This sucks.
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