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Whirlpool cabrio washer 5500 My drive belt came off after reinstalling it I put it on the drain and spin cycle. On startup of the spin cycle it makes awful popping noises until it gets up to speed. I re inspected the pulley and noticed the nut on the tub pulley was only finger tight after tightening as well as i could it still makes the same noise. I’m not sure what the torque spec is on something like this? Or should i be looking for a different problem?
Could be misalignment or the tensioner or something else. There are a couple of diagnostic tools using a stay bottle in this video on auto belts that might be very useful to you in helping to diagnose it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwtLj_2S…
