my car started knocking all of a sudden one day, it sounded like it ws coming around my ps pump(was actually coming from s/c pulley area), then the noise all of a sudden went away for about a week. it showed up again right before i was gonna make my trip home from colorado to phoenix (about 750 miles). half way thru the drive i shreaded a belt(supercharger). i went to go replace the belt today, and found this. obviously this is what caused the belt to shread.

this is a picture of my idle pulley for the supercharger
the bearing is completly distroyed



this one is to give an idea of how crooked the pulley was

 

poor installation?

or bad belt, pully alignment?

i would call company and ask them for free replacement.

 

holy crap, i better check a customer's type r with the vortech next time he comes around.

how many miles since the charger?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by S.H.K &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">poor installation?

or bad belt, pully alignment?

i would call company and ask them for free replacement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont think it was poor installation, i took my time doing it. and its never shreaded a belt in over 10,000 miles. i will contact vortech tomorrow. the kit is still under warranty, so it should be fine.

+ this was just the idler pulley. i was thinkin maybe i had it too tight, but i dont know

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by akstunt600 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy crap, i better check a customer's type r with the vortech next time he comes around.

how many miles since the charger?</TD></TR></TABLE>

over 10,000 miles

 

just prolly alil too tight should have 1/4in deflection. side to side flex&lt; Not movement side to side

maybe a bad bearing too, but tight belts = hot bearings

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by akstunt600 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just prolly alil too tight should have 1/4in deflection. side to side flex&lt; Not movement side to side

maybe a bad bearing too, but tight belts = hot bearings</TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont think that rule applys to supercharger belts. in the manual it told me to tighten the tensioner till there was no belt slip in high rpms, if i would have had it at 1/4 belt deflection the belt would have slipped at high rpms.

but i agree, i do think maybe the bearing got too hot

 

well i always twist the crap out of it to get close to a 1/4in but, i just make sure i can flex it in general.

 

oh yea, there was definitely some flexion, i just don't think there was 1/4"

 

yeah, should have been allright then

normally as long as theres some flex it should be fine.

i blame it on the idler, doesnt look like there was too much of a dust shield on there. hard too tell b/c its all torn up

pulley being off balance or belt allighnment arent really too important at all, unless they were way off which im assuming they werent

 

thanks for your help