All Things Chev

[PeeBee]

I may have found the 'ticking ' noise I mentioned. On start up this annoying ticking sounds is quite noticeable. i thought it was the same noise some have reported with the fluid damper installation, however that didn't sound at all right as the damper can't move. Anyway, dropped the belt off and checked each pully and found the auto tensioner wobbling a bit and the clamping bolt finger tight - odd because this was loctite'd when I did the swap over. Anyway, the issue is the clearance between the brg bore and the mount peg on the adjuster - there would be a good 0.5 mm gap, its as sloppy as, so relies only on the clamp bolt to hold it and i am sure the tension of the bolt pushed it to one side. Anyway, i have bogged up the clearance with a liquid metal product and once its set will reinstate it. I have spoken to BD, 'never heard of this before ......., anyway, waiting for their solution ie a correctly fitting brg to stub and that should fix things. i drove the vehicle back into the garage and no noise, so hope this is the culprit. There was a slight amount of axial movement on the PS pump so this would be the next focus if the tensioner hypothesis is incorrect.

Update - BD checked all their stock and they are the same, sloppy joe fit, thousands of them out there so I have asked for a precision one to eliminate this, and the PS pump axial movement is normal, and the same happens on the vac pump, so maybe I have not found the noise source?