Lost an Idler Pulley Yesterday

[longbedder]

Cruising along on a freeway yesterday evening in my Burb, traffic was moderately heavy. Heard about 3 seconds of growling, then POP!

Luckily there was an exit coming right up...however cruising down a short exit and maneuvering to a parking lot with armstrong steering, oversized tires, and no power brakes is not fun (hydroboost). It is even less fun in rush hour.

There was a parts store about 3 miles away that had the idler in stock. Thank goodness Whipple uses the stock pulley in their design.

 

[tacoma]

Lucky you! I lost mine about 4mi from the house, no water pump put a dead stop to my travels.

Luckily I had a nice spare serpentine setup, saved me the $120 the parts places want to replace the pulleys and the idler arm.

 

[USSkoval]

Did it come apart, or did you lose the pulley, bearing, bolt and all? I've seen the bearing seize up, and rather than the belt slipping, the bolt un-threads.

 

[longbedder]

The bolt and inner bearing race were intact on the supercharger mounting plate. I found the pulley wheel down near the radiator support. Outer bearing race, bearing, etc were nowhere to be found.

Once I had the part, it took five minutes to replace it and put the belt back on.