Broken Pulley
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Broken Pulley
coming back from the airport last night this pulley came off, luckuly I made it home........what is this? and what's the replacement process
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From: Silver Lake Dunes, MI
Buy a new ribbed pulley from the parts store. The bearing came apart on your old on and it went bye bye! You will need a T45 (I think that is the size) Torx bit too. Be very carefull to keep the bit square or it will not grip well and strip the bolt head.
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From: Grantsburg,WI
Isn't the tensioner pulley suppose to be smooth because the out side of the belt rides on it?
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From: Bristol, TN
Yeah it is. My bad on saying it was the vacum pump it has a smooth pully as well. I couldn't tell from the pic
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That's alright. Someone will probably say i'm wrong. that would be embarassing since I went out and looked at my truck too see if i was right.
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From: Grantsburg,WI
Hey Tim my tensioner pulley is as smooth as can be, but down lower is a ribbed pulley. I didn't see this pulley in gomfrddy's picture. Maybe a different year. mines a 97. Not sure what that pulley runs yet. I will look tomorrow. By the way is tensioner even a word.
Post Fiend
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From: Silver Lake Dunes, MI
BTW you could also just replace the bearing in the pulley. I didn't look at the second pic until a while ago so I didn't know you still had in ti available. I would buy a replacement pulley and put it on the truck then buy a new bearing and put the pulley behind the seat for a on the road spare. I keep both a smooth and a ribbed pulley in safe keeping for just this reason. Our engines are loud enough that you will rarely catch a bad bearing until it come apart. Been there done that a long way from home.
