Quote Originally Posted by benwerks View Post
mission success. it was a bearing in the alternator pulley. pulled the alternator out in front of the shop this morning they had a new pulley on there within an hour. driving around now noise is gone.

alternator removal and reinstallation difficulty 2/5

also I replaced the serpentine belt with the RockAuto replacement
Any theories on why this may have happened? Could an overly tightened serpentine belt have caused this?

I am not trying to drag out this thread, & I am glad you got it fixed. Just wondering what your thoughts are on all this now that it is fixed?

I realize mechanical things break sometime! It comes with owning stuff!