Belt Problem

[glowbot]

I turned my car on today and I think my belt is rubbing. Smelled like rubber burning even got a bit of smoke. Whats it cost to get a new belt for a 99 alero?

[King Asoka]

maybe 25-35 for the belt, and whatever it costs to install it if you dont do it yourself.

[FormulaNERD]

i'll bet money that an idler pulley is locked up. look at the engine while running and make sure all the pulley's are turning. a new pulley is cheaper than a new belt, do it soon before the belt breaks and you have to buy both.

oh, and the belt is 18 dollars (for a cheap oem replacement), and a relativley easy install, even for someone not mechanically inclined.

[glowbot]

Ok first thing in the morning I well look. It think everything is working just that the belt slipped over to the edge and is rubbing a bit. I can see some rubber that was rubbed off. I don't think the belt has been changed on the car yet. 98,680 KM. I know for sure in the past 2 years its not been changed. Before that I'm not sure. The guy before me that had the car just used it to drive to work and the odd place. 95% of the miles on the car are highway on the 401 and 407. Most of what I added is from 95 and the turn pike.

[FormulaNERD]

i thought mine was just rubbing too, i could see like rubber powder (hard to explain) on some stuff, and figured it was rubbing. but it was from the belt travelling over a pulley that wasnt moving, so it was basically sanding the belt down.

although it did sound like i had s/c at high rpm.

whichever it is, lemme know and i'll give you a how-to.

[glowbot]

I just went out with a flash light and looked. Everything is turning. The burning has stopped and the belt looks in good shape other then a but or rub marks on it. Now maybe I was mixed up a bit but the sound coming from the belt area could this be the ball bearings?

[FormulaNERD]

the bearings in my pulley were screaming, then it locked up. the screaming stoped, and the belt started smoking alot. i had no idea what the screaming was at the time, and when i smelled smoke i thought somethign was seriously wrong, luckily it was just the pulley.

[glowbot]

so I should find out what pulley is causing the "screaming" and replace it before I break my belt and am stuck on the side of the road.

[glowbot]

When I did look under the hood I saw that the bottom pully the really big was was covered in rust really bad. Could this be it?