Hellacious squeal
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Pretty sure the Gatorbacks are no longer with us.
I've got about 5 here from when I heard they were getting phased out.
I miss the old old old Gatorbacks with the grooves on the smooth side (hence the name) that caused a whistle when running. I guess I was in the minority since now they changed over to bragging about how quiet they are.
I've got about 5 here from when I heard they were getting phased out.
I miss the old old old Gatorbacks with the grooves on the smooth side (hence the name) that caused a whistle when running. I guess I was in the minority since now they changed over to bragging about how quiet they are.
Pretty sure the Gatorbacks are no longer with us.
I've got about 5 here from when I heard they were getting phased out.
I miss the old old old Gatorbacks with the grooves on the smooth side (hence the name) that caused a whistle when running. I guess I was in the minority since now they changed over to bragging about how quiet they are.
You're right, they were phased out. However, continental makes one called the "continental poly V groove". Really quality belts.
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Heskahoka
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Been there, had a constant squeak until car got really warmed up.
Along with Turboelky above, I replaced my belt with the 1/2 inch shorter Continental Elite 4060635. (This was the one that cross-referenced to the Gatorback referenced in many earlier posts on the board.) Continental bought out Goodyear and the Poly V is the spiritual successor to the Gatorback.
It took care of my squeak and was not too difficult to get on.
Along with Turboelky above, I replaced my belt with the 1/2 inch shorter Continental Elite 4060635. (This was the one that cross-referenced to the Gatorback referenced in many earlier posts on the board.) Continental bought out Goodyear and the Poly V is the spiritual successor to the Gatorback.
It took care of my squeak and was not too difficult to get on.
I have a feeling that amazon is about to sell out on these belts
I stopped a squeal years ago on my Ttype by moving my crank pulley toward the front of the car by placing washers behind it for each of the bolt holes. There was a misalignment between the crank and water pump pulleys. GM used to sell a crank washer to accomplish this,so they did acknowledge the misalignment problem.
I have this issue because I didn't install the oil slinger...couldn't find it.
haywire4130
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Post the part number of the belt youre currently running. If you got a dayco belt from autozone their listing is wrong for our cars and the belt is a half inch too long which will put the tensioner out of its effective range. A shorter belt will fix the problem. +2 on the gatorback belt, i keep a few spares just in case but since switching to the shorter goodyear belt i have had zero problems. I believe the part number ends in 635 (as mentioned above) instead of 640 which was the dayco (the last numbers are the length, 64" vs 63.5").
TOOMANYTOYS
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I just so happen to have bought a dayco belt from autozone. Got it when I picked up my water pump
haywire4130
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There ya go! At least you caught it before it threw the belt and shredded a perfect hood liner... ask me how i know!
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Funny, I go deep into the 10's as often as I can with a Dayco 5060640 and have never had one spit or shred, though I do have aftermarket pulleys and a billet tensioner. The tensioner has only been on the car a couple of years, though and I've used the Dayco belts since I got the car in 2010.
