ac compressor squealing after belt removal

[THE VEIN]

like I was saying before I only hear the noise when the ac is on and this never happened before

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by THE VEIN

like I was saying before I only hear the noise when the ac is on and this never happened before

You only hear it when the AC is on because the clutch turns freely when the AC is off and has resistance when the AC is on causing the loose belt to scream--tighten me.

[THE VEIN]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

You only hear it when the AC is on because the clutch turns freely when the AC is off and has resistance when the AC is on causing the loose belt to scream--tighten me.

ok so how can I tighten the belt

[Alika808]

Originally Posted by THE VEIN

ok so how can I tighten the belt

As I mentioned above, the tensioner (adjusting) pulley will do that for you if the thing works properly. You cannot do manually adjust or tighten the belt.

[THE VEIN]

Originally Posted by Alika808

As I mentioned above, the tensioner (adjusting) pulley will do that for you if the thing works properly. You cannot do manually adjust or tighten the belt.

so these tensioners that comes on our cars are 1 time use? because this is the first time I loosened the belt since switching to a hydraulic tensioner

[THE VEIN]

Originally Posted by trader4

No, they are not one time use. The tensioning mechanism lasts a
very long time. The bearings on the pulleys can fail, but they typically
last 100K+ miles too.

that's what I thought. I have maybe 20k miles on it so I doubt it has failed