Hey guys, I'm new to this forum so I hope I'm posting this in the right section, my 96 ram 1500 5.9 has been squeaking lately, I figured it was coming from one of the pulleys. Today the truck stopped squeaking, but developed a bad vibration when it's idling, vibration seems to calm down when I hit the gas but immediately starts again when I take my foot off the gas. Any ideas why this is happening would be helpful it's pretty annoying.
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Rlaf75
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Take the belts off and run the engine. That will eliminate the pulleys with the exception of the crank pulley. Also make sure that the crank pulley isn't bent or the balancer isn't coming apart.
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Just make sure you only run it briefly. Just a minute or two.
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Or instead of running it just take the belt off and check the pulleys....?
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Take the belt off and start the engine to see it you still have the vibration. Like I said previously, check the crank pulley and balancer to make sure It's not wobbling because that's the only pulley that will be turning without the belt on. If you still have the vibration with the belt off then it's not a pulley. Put the belt back on. If you don't have the vibration with the belt off then shut it off and check the pulleys. This whole process should only take a few minutes.
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