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Replying to: jeddry (Apr 30, 2009 8:13 pm) Anyway, last year I had two of my pullies bearings go out. When they did they took out the belt and some wiring. Pull the belt off and manually feel all the pullies, and when I say all I do mean all. Give them a turn and wiggle them up and down to see if they have any play. The pullies are all generally easy to change. Also.....check your bottom crank pully and your alternator. The crank pully is made up of two metal parts bound together with a rubber piece between them. The rubber gets hard over time and the two metal parts start to separate. If they look misalligned at all you will do yourself a favor by changing it. Mine luckly just ate up a belt first. I have heard of the pully coming apart and really doing some damage to the van. You will need to go through the right side wheel well to change it. I have not changed the alternator yet. So I don't know what that entails yet.
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Replying to: 442dude (Oct 30, 2008 5:44 pm) Man I sure hope you can help me out with this one. My 2001 Venture has started making a funny squealing sound when I am driving and I need to give it some gas to get up a hill or anytime it has to downshift and rev up a bit. Any suggestions on what this could be? I have just changed the belt and tensioner and still a loud squealing noise when it revs up. Any ideas? Could it be another pulley or water pump? regards, Stephen
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Replying to: tony17112acst (Oct 25, 2008 7:41 pm) Man I sure hope you can help me out with this one. My 2001 Venture has started making a funny squealing sound when I am driving and I need to give it some gas to get up a hill or anytime it has to downshift and rev up a bit. Any suggestions on what this could be? I have just changed the belt and tensioner and still a loud squealing noise when it revs up. Any ideas? Could it be another pulley or water pump? regards, Stephen |
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Replying to: chases (May 04, 2009 6:53 am) |
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Replying to: jeddry (May 18, 2009 3:19 pm) Take the belt off and try to turn all of the pulleys by hand. Except for the crankshaft (obviously), they should all be pretty easy to turn by hand. You might find the problem that way. Another way to check the water pump while the belt is off is to grab the pulley and try to move it in and out or up and down. If there's any play in it, the bearing is shot and the pump is due for replacement. I don't own our Venture any more so I can't go outside and look but there's likely an idler pulley in addition to the tensioner pulley so be sure to check that too. You didn't mention having the AC or defroster on so we won't talk about the compressor for now. Good Luck - write back and let us know how you made out.... John
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Replying to: 442dude (May 18, 2009 6:46 pm)
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Replying to: jeddry (May 19, 2009 2:01 pm) Don't forget to check the alternator while your at it. |
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Replying to: 442dude (May 18, 2009 6:46 pm) |
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Replying to: jeddry (May 19, 2009 2:09 pm) I have also replace the power stearing pump. My suggestion to you would be to remove the belt, pull off the pullies one by one and feel with you fingers how easy/hard it is to turn. It should turn fairly easy with no (NO) bumpy feeling at all. a drastic suggestion: check your parts place for returns! you can always take the approach of changing things out till you find the problem!
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Replying to: chases (May 19, 2009 2:19 pm)
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