Idler pulley
10-11-2001, 10:29 PM
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Idler pulley
The pulley has gotten rather noisey on me the past few days, what do I need or what can be done to get this thing to sound normal and not like a hamster in a wheel.
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10-12-2001, 12:24 AM
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Re: Idler pulley (Jeffvette)
Jeff, pull the serpentine belt, then pull the idler pulley assembly.
Once you have the assembly off, remove the pulley from the assy and take it to an Autozone store if you have one, other stores if you do not. The reason I say take the pulley with you is that Autozone stocks the correct pulley but under the wrong part number. Doh. If no Autozone store, odds are that you can find one at another store for about 20 bucks. GM wants about 65 bucks for the whole assembly, and will have to order it (GM will not sell you the pulley alone).
Oh... the bearing is what goes bad, but the pulley is formed around the bearing and there is no way to replace anything other than the whole pulley. Sounds like the bearing is going bad fast -- replace it soon!
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Once you have the assembly off, remove the pulley from the assy and take it to an Autozone store if you have one, other stores if you do not. The reason I say take the pulley with you is that Autozone stocks the correct pulley but under the wrong part number. Doh. If no Autozone store, odds are that you can find one at another store for about 20 bucks. GM wants about 65 bucks for the whole assembly, and will have to order it (GM will not sell you the pulley alone).
Oh... the bearing is what goes bad, but the pulley is formed around the bearing and there is no way to replace anything other than the whole pulley. Sounds like the bearing is going bad fast -- replace it soon!
Rgds,
Mark
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10-12-2001, 12:36 AM
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Re: Idler pulley (MWR)
Well, hell. My car only has 22,000 miles on the clock, and 8,000 within the past year. It shouldn't be going bad already.
10-12-2001, 02:47 AM
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Re: Idler pulley (Jeffvette)
Jeff, it's an 11-year-old bearing, and a weak one at that. If the pulley is noisy when you spin it with the belt off, replace the pulley, or wait until it seizes and breaks the belt in the middle of nowhere. :nopity
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Rgds,
Mark
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