WWDiesel wrote:
blkblue wrote:
DieselJeepLuvr wrote:
Just curious. How in the world did the original one get damaged? It's not an easy thing to wreck.
No idea, the serpentine belt was pretty new, soon as i heard weird noises and pulled over to discover the belt was shredded and the bracket had broke where it bolts to the block, don't know who broke first.
What about your belt tensioner & tensioner pulley, mechanical fan pulley, belt idler pulleys, etc... did any of the other pulleys get damaged too?
Seems like it would take a lot of force to damage that cast aluminum bracket!
Did one of the pulleys freeze up?
Sorry for all the questions; but you are the first that has ever reported this that I know of. Very unusual....
First thing I suspected was a frozen pulley, but no, they were all spinning. If you look at the bracket closely, the area around the bolts are not supported evenly, it broke at where it bolts to the block.
Maybe the belt broke and twisted onto itself around the power steering pulley, then bend the bracket until it broke, maybe thats by design. luckily nothing else were damaged.