Sbc serpintine belt kit

[CalSgt]

A serpentine accessory drive from an early GMT400 (88-95) would be a fairly cost effective way of swapping to a serpentine, probably dime a dozen at a pick-a-part yard with all of the matching accessories. I'd probably buy a new water pump though instead of trusting a junkyard unit.

 

[Bennyt]

I paid $80 for a unit out of a 88-91 Burb. Another $200-300 for belts, powder coating, alt and PS pump rebuilds. Came with good compressor but not running it right now, so AC delete pulley. Didn't need all that but I wanted it nice.

 

[Grit dog]

Solution:

Go to Walmart and buy some sidewalk chalk (or regular chalk).
Start the engine, and carefully hold the chalk against all side of the belt. Coat the belt in chalk dust.
For safety: Make certain to be "downstream" of a pulley, so that the belt pushes your hand away rather than pulling it in to the pulley.

Belt dressing makes the issue worse, chalk makes the problem better.

Works every time.

Chalk doesn’t do anything except diagnose whether a squeak be belt related and not something else.

 

[Grit dog]

Your problem is not an issue with a substandard system so you can either fix what’s there or spend a bucket of $ on a whole new serp setup or spend less $ hopefully and more time on a takeoff system from a newer vehicle.
Could be bad pulleys worn or warped. Balancer out. Fan clutch locking in on cold starts.

 

[bucket]

Your problem is not an issue with a substandard system so you can either fix what’s there or spend a bucket of $ on a whole new serp setup or spend less $ hopefully and more time on a takeoff system from a newer vehicle.
Could be bad pulleys worn or warped. Balancer out. Fan clutch locking in on cold starts.

In another thread here, he replaced his battery and alternator. No more squeak.

 

[Andronikos]

I have done what kkgp81 has done several times. Marketplace, craigslist any smallblock with a serpentine setup. Don't forget the 4.3 V6, it's all the same. Don't shy away from a 305 either, take the front brackets and someone will always take the motor off your hands for a few bucks. You can have a complete setup for a couple hundred bucks.

 

[AuroraGirl]

This is last year in November with the 305 and different alt. But it didn't squeak.

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that belt is the wrong size, or you have a worn pulley