Check your Pulleys!!
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Check your Pulleys!!
So Iam just doing some routine maintaniance on the 55k New S/C belt and inspecting everything and come across this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMh9cYPDSyo
I haven't been experiencing any troubles. Just a very quiet squeak every once and a while which I belive I have found the issue. So check your Pulleys!!!
Now that bearing was replaced by the previous owner with a cheap China one. I ordered 2 of the high quality ones yesterday (keep a spare). And Iam assuming its the bearing failure causing that to wobble. correct me If iam wrong guys..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMh9cYPDSyo
I haven't been experiencing any troubles. Just a very quiet squeak every once and a while which I belive I have found the issue. So check your Pulleys!!!
Now that bearing was replaced by the previous owner with a cheap China one. I ordered 2 of the high quality ones yesterday (keep a spare). And Iam assuming its the bearing failure causing that to wobble. correct me If iam wrong guys..
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My brother's double pulley went bad on his CLS55. When it went bad it snapped the whole pulley clean off. Not to mention thats a $500 part. My tensioner pulley for the supercharger just went bad the other day.
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^ I always tell people to keep an eye on the bearing if they have an SC clutch chirp. I lived with the chirp for about 8 months and then this. Maybe there is no relationship, but I always wonder. It seems like the chirp would put more stress on the bearing.
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i dont think i have any problems but i will check -- its a super easy thing to do -- like checking the oil level.
thanks for the 411
thanks for the 411
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I posted a thread a couple of weeks ago about a chirp I was hearing on my 07 E550...Dealer kept it over night and tried to replicate, they diagonsed it as a worn cooling fan and it was replaced under warranty...I thought it was a belt or pulley...still hear the chirp though...I'm thinking about going to another dealer to see what theyu say....
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ASP makes a complete CNC replacement unit with a proper high speed bearing. $125. They also make a similar idler pulley, also $125. This solves all pulley problems (except for the SC).
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