Pulley

RedRice589 · Jul 2, 2013

Trucks making a weird squealing grinding noise at idle and I'm thinking its my pulley tensioner up on the top right corner of the motor. How bad is the pulley tensioner to replace?

webb06 · Jul 2, 2013

The belt tensioner is on the lower left if the engine. It's not too bad but routing the belt sucks.

RedRice589 · Jul 3, 2013

Well it's the ac belt tensioner it blew out this morning. Belt is shot I'm going to have to fix it tomorrow at my buddy's place. I'm going to Florida on Friday with no a.c. And nowhere to buy parts.

webb06 · Jul 3, 2013

Ouch that sucks. Those are NO fun to replace with cab on.

RedRice589 · Jul 3, 2013

Oh seriously? Sh@t I'm hoping to do it tomorrow does anybody know which tensioner it is. Part number? I'm going to try to do it tomorrow. Not looking forward to driving to sunny Florida with no a.c.

RedRice589 · Jul 3, 2013

I'm trying to get the right part number for the tensioner and pulleys how much am I going to have to disassemble to fix it??.?

webb06 · Jul 3, 2013

Pull the top half of the fan shroud off. Most likely have to undo both hot and cold side intercooler boots to remove the shroud. Then if you can get the fan off ( left hand threads on it) it shouldn't be too awful after that. You will have to remove the regular belt tensioner and then you can get the AC tensioner off.

Big Angry Hillbilly · Jul 3, 2013

You don't need to remove the cab, or the fan.

webb06 · Jul 3, 2013

Big Angry Hillbilly said:
You don't need to remove the cab, or the fan.

Obviously not the cab. For his first time it would be easiest to remove the fan. Again not quite necessary if you've done it before. But if he can get it off it would make things a lot easier

RedRice589 · Jul 3, 2013

Yea I was figuring on it bein a pain I'm going to replace both tensioner a and belts since I'm doing it. I bolting the radiator support help at all?

91turbogsx · Jul 3, 2013

The worst part of the job is trying to get the belt between where the main belt tensioner bolts to/bracket and onto the compressor. At least IMO. But definitely a doable job without removing the fan.

RedRice589 · Jul 4, 2013

I'm gonna try to remove the fan hopefully bein a Florida truck it's not too bad. Thanks a lot guys I'm gonna get on it in an hr or so!

RedRice589 · Jul 4, 2013

And I gave up... Not that mechanically inclined or time proficient to do it correctly. Looks like its no a.c. For this guy until I get back from Florida..... Oh well.