Hi,. I got 2000 conv sebring, 2.5L. 100k. The pwr steering belt is rubbing on the crankshaft pulley. Eating the side of the belt where it rubs. But not sure why. Anyone know why, or got any reasons I could look for, maybe fix? Really appreciate any help with this. I thought maybe crankshaft/pwr steering pulley might nbe warped or something. But that nseems a tiny bit sot possible? I dont know. Thanks!!

 

Weakest link to keeping the belt tight and "in align" is the manual tensioner pulley down near the crank pulley, I suggest checking there.

 

Right, gotcha REBEL59. Tighten belt as tight as poss, as close to it's "tightness" specs or dead on it's spec as to how tight pwr str belt is supposed to be I think you're wanting me to do.

You're exactly right, that square hole for my bar to go into for tension prior to tightening the 3 bolts, that is how I've been doing it. The way I've been tightening pwr str belt. Putting tension with my breaker bar(that fits perfect into the tensioning hole)and tightenming the 3 bolts starting with the outside 15mm, lower bolt in the "curve", then the inside bolt on other side of pump, the 13mm one, then the upper 15mm bolt been tightening last.
But for some reason it's still getting the rub on belt's inside edge. Belt is rubbing on c-shaft pulley. And I got 3 belts, the one that's been on and showing the rub real pronounced as it's the one been on there for bout a year now, and I tried both of the other 2 new pwr str belts i got, only to get same rubbing results. The other 2 new pwr str belts I got are the "gatorback" Good Year ones though. Wonder if that makes any diff. That style isnt the ribs like most belts are. But even the regular belt is doing it. Ughhh. Sux, in a bind here.

Since it's an all in one pulley, you know, both pulley's are together as one, for c shaft and pwr str belt's, would u think possible at all that the outside smaller pwr str belt part of the 2 pulleys could've gotten driven in too far somehow?? Like outside smaller pwr str pulley rode itself into the whole set up or something, just ever too close or too far, into the inside larger crankshaft pulley, causing pwr str belt to rub on larger pulley? Or is that prob not a thing?
If it was a poss "thing" that could actually happen, I wonder how it could, or why it did.

If so, that would mean the c-shaft belt's pulley/pwr str belt's pulley combo, it may could be defective at this point, for some or whatever reason it might've even done that? And I would need to find another one.
I wonder if the smaller pulley could even work it's way "inside" too far to begin with is what I'n thinking? If so i'd more than likely have to buy or find me a new, or another c shaft/pwr str pulley?

Or whatever else it could be if tightening again, the manual, correct way, shows no improvement or results that prevent pwr str belt's rubbing. Sorry such long details here!!

Appreciate the quick help earlier! thanks for that! Goin out there again, right now to tighten it all back up again, manually as that's the way to do it, and look even closer at what the pwr str belt rub on the c shaft pulley problem might be!

 

I actually meant the tensioner pulley itself. Ithas a bearing in it that can wear out and **** the pulley. Also may want to inspect the crank pulley for seperation of the crank pulley hub to the pulley/belt part. It has vulcanized rubber between them to hold it together and may be going bad...It's 20 years old now.