Out of town and my belt is chirping.

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Just got to myrtle beach for mustang week and my belt started making a chirping noise like a field full of crickets on my whipple car. Dripped a few drops of water on it and it stopped making noise (checking to make sure it wasnt a bearing) i know its 82" long but i want to try and get a new belt out here. I would assume gates is best but what other brands are good or ones i want to stay away from if possible?

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[Cobra Jet]

Aside from just the belt - I would also check the following:

A/C compressor - the clutch head is known to go south... and it will chirp/squeal/squeak before it goes.

Check idler pulley too.

Pull belt off and manually spin any front end accessory to see if you can hear any noise before replacing just the belt.

 

[Cory S]

Don’t worry about what belt brand. If the pulley alignment and tensioning system is working properly, belt brand won’t matter anyway.

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