420A Tension pulley problems

[Dragon 3259]

Has anybody ran across the problem that I'm having here, where the tensioner pulley screw snapped and your belt is loose. I do have a replacement coming soon however I'm stuck trying to figure out how to remove this or loosen the tensioner pulley enough so I can pull my power steering pump.

The bearings blew out, the belt is loose however but not enough. Anybody got an idea about this and how I can fix this problem. Sadly I'm on a time crunch, I have to take the pump in to get the warrantied pump replacement and I only have 6 days before they send the part back.

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[1990TSIAWDTALON]

Is that the A/C tensioner?

 

[Dragon 3259]

No it would be the serpentine belt tensioner I probably should have put that in there the first place I have a 2G 98 GS and that is the main tensioner for the entire belt it's directly underneath the power steering pump.

 

[BLACK'98DSM]

That's a very common problem. I've sold 7 of these on Ebay. It will almost always break when overtightened.

I removed my tensioner assembly entirely on the 420A car and run a shorter belt. The power steering pump pivots forward and backward quite a bit when the bolts are loose. Using the pump as a tensioner is fail proof.

You'll probably have to use the car like it is now. Either wait on the tensioner to get delivered or order the correct belt length for a tensioner delete and wait on that to get delivered. It won't hurt anything to run without this belt. The alternator has a separate belt, but you will have heavier steering.

 

[Dragon 3259]

Ahh ok thanks it will sit mostly due to the trans is going out and needs to be replaced so a bit of time on a part won't kill me

It snapped when I was trying to get it loose