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I just fixed this problem today. My van is a 2000 Grand Caravan with the 3.3 and 165,000 miles. it has been an extraordinarily reliable van, but recently I've been chasing this squeak. It has taken me 6 months to narrow it down, but today I nailed it. Months ago I replaced the belt and pulleys with stock replacements along with the Power Steering pump and A/C clutch assembly. They stayed quiet for about a month then slowly the squeak came back. My next move was to replace the stock belt and pulleys with the gates double sided belt and grooved idler/tensioner pulleys and a new tensioner. My van never dropped a belt in wet weather, but due to it's age and this persistent problem I pulled the trigger on this kit. It began squeaking again in a week. I don't know why I didn't think to do it earlier, but I pulled out my mechanics stethoscope, removed the end so that it was just a straight hose and held it near all of the pulleys as the van ran (you could use a piece of fuel line and hold it up to one ear, it's almost as effective). The harmonic balancer/crank pulley was the problem. Shining a flash light on it with the engine running showed that it had a bit of run-out, but only a slight amount. The wobble was only about 1 mm. I ordered a cheap replacement from Amazon and installed it. The squeak is gone. Check all of your pulleys, but especially the crank because it has a rubber isolator that breaks down and causes the wobble. You'll need a 3 jaw puller to remove the old pulley. Be careful not to over-tighten the crank bolt because it WILL break. Put a drop of motor oil between the head and washer and use loc-tite on the threads. I took me way more time to drill and tap the crank to fix the broken bolt than the pulley swap took. GOOD LUCK!
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Remove the belt, then remove the bolt holding in the idler pulley.
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I assume you mean the idler pulley on your timing assembly, if this is the case then the belt is too tight loosen tensioner pulley. if you mean the automatic tensioner pulley for your alternator and A/C and the like, the you probably need a new tensioner] Good Luck
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Where is the idler tensioner pulley on a 98 dodge Dakota?
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no those cars suck
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When It no longer hold proper tension if the belt is squeaking then it is probably time to change it
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