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08-20-2003, 09:09 PM | #1 | |
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question on pulleys
So my girlfriend got in an accident in my car(00 Civic-EX), the front end got bent into the AC and alternator pulleys-It didnt do any serious damage(that I know of), but it's making this annoying grinding noise, even after the frame/body work has been done.
Today I had the AC pulley replaced (it was the one making most of the noise) but I am guessing that, in order to get rid of this noise completely, I am gonna need to replace all of them...along with the damn AC compressor, but that's a different issue. Does anyone know how hard this job will be? I have never replaced any belts by myself and am worried about getting the tension right. The manual makes it seem easy, but whenever I actually get to working on something that seems easy in the manual, it usually turns out to be a pain in the ass. Also, if anyone has any brand recommendations I would appreciate them; right now I'm probably gonna go with AEMs since they were the easiest to find and I probably wouldn't know the difference anyway. Sorry if i seem like i know nothing about my car; I do, but its really hard to tell exactly where 'grinding' noises are coming from when there's been an accident. Yes, I know I wasted my money on the AC pulley if im just going to replace it with an AEM. |
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08-22-2003, 09:16 AM | #2 | |
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its easy to tension the belt you just dont want them to tight or they will burn the bearings up in you accesories . usually is leave 1/4 inch of slop int the belt but changing pullies get hard the alternators are a biatch. If you are trying to go performance pully i suggest unorthodox racing
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