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I recently had a an idler pulley go out while rolling around 85 on the highway. It threw the belt, and after removing it, I found the bearing inside was completely locked up. I have spoken to several fellow owners and none have ever heard of having probelms with idler pulleys. Anyone have a similar experience??
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buy a new one theres really no way to fix itOriginally posted by OneNice97RS:
I recently had a an idler pulley go out while rolling around 85 on the highway. It threw the belt, and after removing it, I found the bearing inside was completely locked up. I have spoken to several fellow owners and none have ever heard of having probelms with idler pulleys. Anyone have a similar experience??www.turbov6camaro.com
1997 3800 Series II Camaro
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Yes, the PLASTIC tensioner idle pulley disentigrated at 85mph going home one evening, 6 weeks ago. Lost the belt of course. Had to replace the entire tensioner due to damage.Originally posted by OneNice97RS:
I recently had a an idler pulley go out while rolling around 85 on the highway. It threw the belt, and after removing it, I found the bearing inside was completely locked up. I have spoken to several fellow owners and none have ever heard of having probelms with idler pulleys. Anyone have a similar experience??
Had another (local) dealer also replace the identical PLASTIC AC idler pulley. The factory replacement was METAL. I have 130,000+ miles.Robert - owner www.FirebirdV6.com/CamaroV6.com
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We used to have people that would come into Autozone with the same problem. Not necessarily with the 3.8L V6 F-body, but with other cars. It happens. You can replace the bearing only, but for the time involved, it's easier just to replace the whole pulley.- Josh<br />If you have any questions or need installation pics/help, e-mail me: Viper98885@aol.com<br /><a href=\"http://Camaroz28.cardomain.com/id/viper98885\" target=\"_blank\">\'93 Camaro Hardtop</a><br /><a href=\"http://Camaroz28.cardomain.com/id/01lincolnls8\" target=\"_blank\">\'01 Lincoln LS8 Sport</a><br />\'00 Yamaha YZF-R6<br /><a href=\"http://www.ftpp.net\" target=\"_blank\">Full Throttle Performance</a>Comment
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Yep.
http://www.thenebula.com/carpics/pic...lley%20014.jpg
http://www.thenebula.com/carpics/pic...lley%20010.jpg
Same exact thing happened to me awhile back, but luckily I was just down the road from my house. Pulley seized, belt disintegrated along with the pulley.
Easy fix though, I had it good to go a few hours later.<b>Black 1996 3.8L Firebird A4</b><br />--------------------------<br />Custom CAI, Flowmaster Dual Exhaust, 160 Deg Thermo, BMR ShockTower Brace<br />JVC mp3 HU, two 12\" Infinity Kappa Perfects, Infinity 6.5\" components, JBL 600.1 & 80.4 amps <br /><a href=\"http://community.webshots.com/album/479229363CPbPiz\" target=\"_blank\">Pics</a>Comment
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I had this occur to me 2 weeks ago,
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It was actually my fault I overtightened the pulley to a point where it couldn't move. The belt keep turning till the pulley and tensioner eventually gave way and broke off (sucks) and the car overheated. Fix time was less than an 30 minutes but finding the parts took me a little more time.
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mine started to go a few weeks ago I cought it before it went that bad I picked one up at napa for like 13 bucks I have 146000 on mine. sounds like it is not that uncommon.Remember that sometimes, silence is the best answer.<br />Warren White<br />1996 PoloGreen Coup <a href=\"http://vampyr.settanni.net/\" target=\"_blank\">http://vampyr.settanni.net/</a> <br />\"Jealousy\"<br /> CTFBA member of the month Sept 03Comment
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