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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / February 2006

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99 Explorer belt problems

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DMitch - 21 Feb 2006 21:44 GMT
I have a 99 Explorer that has an awful squeek coming from the belt. Its a 4.0
ohc with a/c. At first I just thought that the tensioner was bad so I
replaced it. Then it was still doing it so I put another belt on it to hope
solve the problem. Didnt work. The last thing I did was put a new alternator
on it because I thought maybe the bearing inside was bad. After doing all
this and racking my brain for the past six months I finally figured out what
the problem was, the tensioner even with a brand new belt on it is not having
enough tension on it. On the top of the tensioner it shows the travel of the
tensioner, and there is none. Does anyone know any other way to adjust the
tension on this model whether it be any of the other pulleys or a different
belt from a different model. I have read alot of the entries on this website
dating all the way back to 03 and this seems to be a common problem. Can
anyone please tell me how to put more tension on the belt.

Thank You
Dave
Ulysses - 22 Feb 2006 02:18 GMT
> I have a 99 Explorer that has an awful squeek coming from the belt. Its a 4.0
> ohc with a/c. At first I just thought that the tensioner was bad so I
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> Thank You
> Dave

Did you try running it (very briefly) without the belt to verify that the
noise is coming from something the belt is turning?
Cosmo - 22 Feb 2006 13:29 GMT
>I have a 99 Explorer that has an awful squeek coming from the belt. Its a 4.0
>ohc with a/c. At first I just thought that the tensioner was bad so I
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>Thank You
>Dave

Dave I had the same problem when I got a new belt from Advanced Auto.
Come to find out they sold me the wrong belt. The belt they sold me
was for a different model explorer.

Everett
DMitch - 22 Feb 2006 16:16 GMT
That could be the problem because thats where i been getting the belts from.
Thank you Everett

>>I have a 99 Explorer that has an awful squeek coming from the belt. Its a 4.0
>>ohc with a/c. At first I just thought that the tensioner was bad so I
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>
>Everett
Searcher - 22 Feb 2006 18:52 GMT
I too got the wrong belt from Auto Zone, seems the "right" belt is a 1/8 in
shorter, in my 97 sohc 4.0

Searcher
DMitch - 23 Feb 2006 05:26 GMT
Yeah today I went to AutoZone and got the right belt for it. Its actually the
belt for on of the 5.0L engines. I just asked the guy at the counter to give
me one thats an inch shorter. Its finally running the way it should

>I too got the wrong belt from Auto Zone, seems the "right" belt is a 1/8 in
>shorter, in my 97 sohc 4.0
>
>Searcher
 
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