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Re: Scrapping noice (3/13)
 8/22/23 9:45pm
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Thanks but that isn't it. Brakes have been check and and are good.

Re: Scrapping noice (4/13)
 8/22/23 10:04pm
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Is the torque from acceleration twisting the engine enough so a pulley is rubbing?

I had this happen on my '75 where the power steering pump pulley was rubbing on the cross-frame under the pulley.

 



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Re: Scrapping noice (5/13)
 8/22/23 10:21pm
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Interesting. How did you confirm thats what it was?

Re: Scrapping noice (6/13)
 8/22/23 11:55pm
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I could see some shinny on the outside of the pulley.  The pulley sits in a bit of a well in that part of the cross-frame, and it is quite close to begin with.

We put a shorter belt on the PS pump, which then caused the alternator belt to be too close to the shaft of the PS pump, so we changed the pulley on the alternator to a double pulley, and moved the belt to the outer part of the pulley so the belt ran in front of the PS pulley (at least that is the way I think I remember it. . .).



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Re: Scrapping noice (7/13)
 8/23/23 8:12am
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Fan hitting the shroud...



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Re: Scrapping noice (8/13)
 8/23/23 8:16am
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I will definitely check that out and thanks. 

Re: Scrapping noice (9/13)
 8/23/23 8:17am
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Thanks but thats not it. I know that sound from experience unfortunately....lol

Re: Scrapping noice (10/13)
 8/23/23 10:22am
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Here's a possibility. Check the fan mounting hub, and pulley to the waterpump. It may be loose. Mine runs very close to the waterpump. The torque on it may be enough to flex it to rub.



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Re: Scrapping noice (11/13)
 8/23/23 10:48am
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Thanks so much for replying but I am sure it is not that. It seems to be coming from underneath the car but you know how car noises are, you think they are coming from someplace and it ends up being somewhere else. I saw some stuff on the interent that it could be the universal joints which I am going to check out this weekend along with a couple of other possibilities.

Re: Scrapping noice (12/13)
 8/29/23 2:30am
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Check you engine mounts. A broken mount will reposition your engine on acceleration causing something to rub that you otherwise don't hear.

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Re: Scrapping noice (13/13)
 8/29/23 10:19pm
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Something I forgot to mention before, but I've seem many times...check the harmonic balancer on the engine. If the rubber ring(elastomer, actually) between the outer ring and the center of the hub is deteriorated, it can allow the outer ring to spin out of position, and scrape/rub on the timing cover. Sometimes they will also vibrate, since the balancer is out of whack, but not always. Just a thought....



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