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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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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Thanks for throwing me under the bus Evil... Just remember this when you decide to turn yours back in to a... Real Jeep.

125,000 miles on mine and no pulley fail. Knock on wood.

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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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Randy, Apache Junction, Arizona
04 Liberty
Blown motor and extensive body damage.

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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Man Matt, you've had the worse luck with that thing. My Tahoe had tensioner replaced @ around 80k from PO.

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.

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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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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