{"id":617,"date":"2023-12-29T05:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T12:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=617"},"modified":"2023-12-29T05:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T12:08:35","slug":"annoying-rattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/29\/annoying-rattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Annoying rattle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did some work on the \u2018Vette and removed the smog pump pulley, replaced the belt with a 95\u2019 serpentine and put it all back together with he smog pump out of the loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dammit!&nbsp; The rattle is still there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was reading some blogs that suggested this method over pulling the pump and adding a $120 bracket to use the original belt.&nbsp; Right?&nbsp; Much better idea.&nbsp; So when it has to pass emissions in 5 years, put the pulley and original belt back on \u2013 no harm no foul!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I need to find out where this rattle is, It is somewhere in the belt system.&nbsp; I guess I am going start with the cheapest and work my way up, here is the order:&nbsp; Idler pully bearing, power steering pump, water pump, alternator, AC Compressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of those &amp;%$#@#@!!*\u2019s is the culprit, and it is impossible to narrow down and be sure which one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do not think it is the alternator or AC compressor, they both look new and work fine so I am thinking one of the first three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did some work on the \u2018Vette and removed the smog pump pulley, replaced the belt with a 95\u2019 serpentine and put it all back together with he smog pump out of the loop. Dammit!&nbsp; The rattle is still there! I was reading some blogs that suggested this method over pulling the pump and adding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}