I recently found you don't need much wear on an alloy drive pulley for it to moan, groan and whine. As with a Harley, it often gets louder as it reaches operating temperature and gets tighter. I wish I had changed mine earlier as it has transformed the car ( and my bank account). Of course, If your bevel box is noisy it may make a less marked improvement. The irony is, the bevel box noise decreases at 1000mls+ which is the point when the pulley noises start to ramp up. It goes from Nicola Sturgeon low whine to the full irritating Hillary Clinton growl in a few thousand miles.
Last edited by Grockle; 28/08/1601:07 PM. Reason: typo addition