1996 Buick Century From Alternator belt

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STEVEL1970
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1996 Buick Century 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic @57K miles

I recently recieved this car as a gift from my wife's grandmother. It was rarely used reason for low mileage for that year. My question is recently I noticed a sound coming from the main belt that drives all the accessories and noticed that the lower wheel seems to be spinning out of sequence ( not all the time or as fast as the others ) I have no clue ? How to fix. Thank you Steve
Jan 30, 2009 at 6:35 AM
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MASTERTECHTIM
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its possible the harmonic balancer is spinning. you would have to remove the crank pulley with a special puller for this particular engine to replace it. the pulley is mounted in rubber to the crankshaft and sometimes they break free and spin
Jan 30, 2009 at 11:00 AM
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