[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos I've done this twice.... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by MI-Roger [Email] (#882) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MI-Roger) on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:05:57 In Reply to: The center pully is a royal pain but can be done, dudethe9-5isfast, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:41:58 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I changed out my center idler at around 120K miles , and again this fall before I hit the 240K point. My car uses a hex head bolt for the center idler pulley, 10mm may be the size.

If you can't get the old pulley off, then stay with the short belt.

If you can get the pulley off, the easiest (only?) method to re-install the pulley uses criss-cossed tape to hold the bolt in the bore of the pulley, and you actually use the pulley as a hand-wheel to get the bolt threads started. I used duct tape rather than electrical tape since it offers a greater surface area to grasp the head of the bolt.

I needed over 30 minutes to properly align the pulley bolt and get the threads started the first time I did this job. I only needed 5 minutes this past fall to do the same thing. Conceiveably it can be done in 30 seconds if you are lucky. Limited space and working blind are your constraints.

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• Serpentine center idler pulley, to use or not to use?, ToddH, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:18:20
  • Got it out !!!! wow I think we can improve, ToddH, Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:35:19
  • Anyone ever try jacking the body away from, TimBrown, Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:11:04
    • I'd think 3/16 more would be easy., TimBrown, Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:33:07
      • do you know if this is a standard right hand thread?, ToddH, Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:49:31
    • I just did with a 2 X 2... My bolt is a Torx :), ToddH, Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:54:06
  • 6mm hex bolt is on the tensioner pulley not rear idler, ToddH, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:45:34
    • Remove the entire tensioner, 8mm I believe..., MI-Roger , Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:12:59
    • maybe I should say 6mm hex female socket bolt?, ToddH, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:53:46
      • Re: maybe I should say 6mm hex female socket bolt?, dtech, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:17:02
        • I bought new tensioner & pulley and rear & middle idler, ToddH, Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:08:25
  • The center pully is a royal pain but can be done, dudethe9-5isfast, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:41:58
    • I've done this twice...., MI-Roger , Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:05:57 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Re: I've done this twice...., ToddH, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:13:42
    • Could it be a torx, ToddH, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:51:38
      • Torx bit and ratcheting box end wrench?, MI-Roger , Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:08:32
        • do you know if it is a T-30 torx, ToddH, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:27:21
          • Not a torx head bolt........., Herb Hirsch , Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:42:45
            • do you know the size, ToddH, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:28:54
              • Have you tried an aerosal can of cleaner?, MI-Roger , Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:45:20
              • I Feel For Ya Buddy... Mine Is Messed Up!!!, K. Daehnke, Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:39:12

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