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| Author: | Ms5490renegade [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | tensioner pulley melted off |
the bearing noise i was hearing that i thought was coming from my ac compressor apparently was coming from the tensioner pully. i guess the bearings went bad and got the bolt hot because it melted that sucker clean off while i was driving. 45 minutes from a service station. they are replacing it for around $80. has this happened to anyone else?? |
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| Author: | stumpjumper_09 [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:46 pm ] |
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i replaced one pulley now the other is making noise. Guess I should have spent the 60 in the first place and got the whole assembly |
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| Author: | Maximum Carnage [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:31 pm ] |
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125,000 miles on mine and no pulley fail. Knock on wood. |
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| Author: | djui5 [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:51 am ] |
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My idle arm pulley (the one just to the right of the tensioner) went out on my way back from Vegas while I was towing a CJ home. Out in the middle of nowhere, bearings froze up and the pulley melted. Serpentine belt came off and I was done. Found someone to tow me (and the rig I was towing) to the next town where I met a friend of mine with the part. $17 part and put it on in 5 mins. No warning at all, no squealing or anything. |
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| Author: | JJsTJ [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:42 am ] |
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were you only noticing the noise when the ac was on? I just started getting a noise yesterday afternoon when turning on the ac but not had a chance to figure out the cause. i have a new idler/tensioner installed a few months back so hope it isn't that. |
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| Author: | TAHOE [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:48 pm ] |
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Man Matt, you've had the worse luck with that thing. My Tahoe had tensioner replaced @ around 80k from PO. |
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| Author: | tjkj2002 [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:12 pm ] |
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JJsKJ wrote: were you only noticing the noise when the ac was on? I just started getting a noise yesterday afternoon when turning on the ac but not had a chance to figure out the cause. i have a new idler/tensioner installed a few months back so hope it isn't that. That was how the 2nd failed OEM tensioner on mine started,noise only when A/C compressor was running,it was less then 6 months old also.It's not the bearings going it's the internal coil spring is cracked or broken.
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| Author: | Ms5490renegade [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:49 pm ] |
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i drove almost an hour with the belt loose and i messed up another pulley and the belt got messed up. my $80 fix turned in to $190 reallly fast. A SIDE NOTE here: i saw a fu**** accident today. head on at 50. 2 cars not 10 feet from the front of me. i was the only one to get out to help them. i dont even live here. i helped the guy first. we had to kick his door to get him out. the girl's driver door wouldnt open so i helped her out through the passengers side. she had a cut on her arm. made sure they were ok and the cops were coming then i left. now im kind of paranoid when im driving. i will probably have a crash nightmare tonight.... |
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| Author: | Ms5490renegade [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:05 pm ] |
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it sounds better now. im in such a small town in new york that they dont ever see anything quite like my jeep. i turn heads every where |
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