Mine did the same thing, turned out to be the idler bearing which I managed to lubricate with graphite. Gave me a while longer before looking for a new one ;-) Now my drive belt has just failed, not bad for 8 years and daily use, constantly running in winter. Hoping to find a replacement for that and keep going to 10th birthday...
Steve J
January 2011
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