# Tightened power steering belt to fix squeal and now it squeals more? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 8, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tightened-power-steering-belt-to-fix-squeal-and-now-it-squeals-more/175586 "2021-03-08T21:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![quentinsmithphone\_162532](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7cd45c/32.png) [@quentinsmithphone\_162532](https://community.cartalk.com/u/quentinsmithphone_162532)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tightened-power-steering-belt-to-fix-squeal-and-now-it-squeals-more/175586/1 "2021-03-08T21:25:17Z")
Power steering belt seemed pretty loose and there was some squealing especially when I first started accelerating and now after tightening it it seems to squeal even more than before like even when stopped…? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tightened-power-steering-belt-to-fix-squeal-and-now-it-squeals-more/175586/2 "2021-03-08T21:36:28Z")
How old is the belt on this mystery vehicle? Aged belts can become “glazed” and will slip under most circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![quentinsmithphone\_162532](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7cd45c/32.png) [@quentinsmithphone\_162532](https://community.cartalk.com/u/quentinsmithphone_162532)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tightened-power-steering-belt-to-fix-squeal-and-now-it-squeals-more/175586/3 "2021-03-08T21:41:16Z")
2007 kia rio. The alternator belt broke a while back so I replaced all 3 of them. The car has done some sitting as well. I loosened the belt slightly and now it seems it just sequels when I accelerate the first time but not after. The alternator belt was hot to the touch after running only briefly (idk if thats normal but felt I should mention it). ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tightened-power-steering-belt-to-fix-squeal-and-now-it-squeals-more/175586/4 "2021-03-08T21:52:46Z")
Maybe one if the pulleys has a bad bearing. ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tightened-power-steering-belt-to-fix-squeal-and-now-it-squeals-more/175586/5 "2021-03-08T21:59:05Z")
once I had a bad experience with Dayco belt from the local store, which was of the heavily advertised “cog style” type or so… I installed that and it started to squeal right away, despite me setting it up with a ruler and applying the prescribed deflection force… I though, fine, let me make it tighter than specified, and it worked, but only for few days, where it squealed again. Finally, the web-order for Gates belt (cheaper than Dayco) arrived and I was out of this misery - it worked from the first time and worked for few years before I dumped the car, Subaru of mid-2000 era. ---
**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tightened-power-steering-belt-to-fix-squeal-and-now-it-squeals-more/175586/6 "2021-03-08T22:09:47Z")
I had a similar problem , switched brands of belt and the squealing stopped. Both were brand names