Update: appears the tensioner bearing is fried, started listening abit closer to where the sound was coming from, and it’s not the power steering pump (makes me feel a touch better), and it’s not the ac pump (doesn’t stop when it engages) and it’s been doing it since before the water pump recall (got a new pump under that) so that leaves the alt which I highly doubt is shot at 35100 miles, and the clutch fan assembly, again, I doubt it’s shot at 35100, the tensioner seems to be a common failure point, so I ordered a new one and gates green belt from geno’s and have it coming in time for my trip, so I’m gonna toss that stuff in the trailer with my hundreds of tools I’m bringing (snowmobile life [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]) and see if I can get the truck to the dealer right after my trip (I’ll be pushing 36k then) and see if they can get it do to it for them and replace it and keep the one I got for a back up. Or if not, run it for the next month till I can get my car out once winter is done and get it swapped then.
Side note.... as being a machinist by trade, and running lathes on the daily.... has my brain thinking, would an aluminum pulley be a good replacement, since I’ll likely have the old parts I’m half tempted to measure the new one up, and duplicate it out of aluminum on my lathe and go get some high quality bearings and press them in and rebuild the bad one for a back up/improved unit, or if aluminum is bad. I’ve got access to other materials (Delrin, stainless, etc)
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