My turn for the #2 idler pulley replacement!

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Mar 10, 2007 | 09:18 PM

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ChickenLover

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From: NV

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Originally Posted by TOYZILLA

before you changed your pulley,were you loseing water/coolant along the bottom of the front of the motor from under the timeing cover?

No, mine wasn't leaking.

Jan 26, 2012 | 08:41 PM

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robocop1

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Originally Posted by ChickenLover

Well, she's been squealin' on me the last couple of days. I knew just what it was. Ol' #2. The price of this thing at the stealer is outrageous! The repair was fairly easy. Although, it did take an interesting combination of sockets and extensions to get those two rear bolts off. The old idler had considerable play in it. Here are a few pics. You can see in the third one how fun the rear bolt removal was. And yes, I know how white trash my driver's side cam pulley/belt clamp is.

How did you get the center part of the backing plate behind the #2 Idler pulley off? Mine has a tab that fits into a slot and needs to get pushed down in order to unhook. Almost looks like I have to take off the Cam pulleys and the rest of the backing plate?

Doing it for the first time and my other idler pulley was dis-integrated when I went in to replace the water pump so I thought I would change them both.

Jan 29, 2012 | 06:57 PM

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Rich_O

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Originally Posted by Lefty

...Am I the only one that saw that and thought "That's a great idea. Why hadn't I thought of that before ?"

Steve

Nope. It's a really smart idea.

Only thing I would do different would be to put a thin piece of wood, plastic, leather, or whatever in there to protect the belt from the plier jaws.