alternator squealing

@kirkynut, dont think so, the belt is less than a year old. doesn not feel plasticky, and cand feel any wear by running my finger in the tread.

@ back in black, there's no ascertainable wear on the belt, and no rubber dust.

maybe the belt tension needs adjusting, or maybe the crank pulley is on it's way out, i'll check it out this weekend, but i'm dead sure the noise i hear comes from the alternator bearing. as for the squeal, maybe it's the bearing locking up...dunno.
gonna have a look this weekend and send it to my garage next week.

Good luck, I hope the issue is the cheapest and easiest fix

It took me a while to work out where the dust was coming from.

Squirt WD40 in the area of the bearing to see if the noise goes.

Kirkynut

On mine, the alternator rusted inside, and at startup, the high charging current pulled all the rust flakes into the rotor, and jammed it solid. (Is the theory from the auto electricians who sold me another.) I don't know for sure, as they wont come apart without breaking the casing when they are old.

Switching off, and looking for a problem freed it off for a few days until The Big One, when it stayed seized until I took it off and tried turning it backwards, when it went free.

Probably what helped to write off the front pulley I suppose.

@kirkynut, yeah, that was my first tought, just hope i don´t set it on fire. gonna see if it helps in the weekend.

hard part wil be checking out the rubber in the crank pulley, since it's behind the radiator.

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Is this the right part? Seems suspiciously cheap mind you

That part lists as only for the WagonR+