Recent content by Pryorrides

Supposedly the timing belt was done roughly 50k ago. Before the current owner. Is there a shim that is supposed to go on the crank hub somewhere that could of been forgotten? Or do you suspect the outer portion of the balancer has shifted backwards, like broken rubber portion. I compared...

The water pump is timing belt driven and not visable. I'm suspecting that the tensioner is worn but not in the typical manner of a bad bearing or weak spring. I am not sure how the inside of the tensioner assembly looks but I made this crude drawing to show my suspicions. Excessive play in the...

Seriously, are you joking? Everyone I know of who have any experience with these know that they end up with bad or clicking idler/tensioners. There is a plethora of threads on here about finding squeaking, clicking noises from the belt drive. Apparently the fan bracket has an issue too. People...

Note that I did this process twice and got the same result both times.

Here is what happened upon start up slowed down to 1/4 speed. As you should be able to see the belt almost immediately jumped one rib forward and began to walk off the crank pulley.

This truck is chewing the forward most rib of the belt and eventually just walking the belt off the pulley. I reinstalled the previously damaged belt, bur with the undamaged portion of the belt towards the front. I did just so I could watch the belt work without destroying a new belt. In...

The The belt was 88.5 inch. I bought the cheap belt at the parts store because they wanted a ridiculous price for a good one. Plan was to order a high quality one and keep the cheapo for emergency. All of the debris in the pulley grooves was cleaned out and I just made sure the rest of the...

What is the issue with the fan brackets on there? Do the bend or what?

2000 LC 2uz-fe V8. Buddy brought it to me with clickity clak serpentine belt noise. I think okay, idler or tensioner. As Im backing it into the shop it throws the belt. Upon inspection belt has removed itself from the passenger side. I notice that the PS pump pulley is packed with belt material...

Thats what I did. But pulling it between all the hoses was a challenge. I dont know if I just had it turned the wrong way but it was frustrating to get it out. Ended up unbolting the fan shroud and shifting it over as far as it would go. Finally got it but even then it was very tight.

I just feel like the process could of been much smoother had they put a relief in the shroud. Made it a 2 piece shroud and/or routed some of the hoses differently. Which leads me to believe fitting this motor was not the priority in design of the vehicle.

I unbolted the PS pump when I started. Its all disconnected but just sitting in the engine bay kinda wedged where I got it part of the way out of the bottom. Waiting for me to come back with a cooler head. Biggest downside of this vehicle is the engine does not seem designed for the truck. I...

First of all. This is a piss poor location to mount the alternator. Secondly, I got the thing loose. The electrical plug disintegrated when I went to pull it out. I guess it gots hot tucked way down in there. Problem is, everything is disconnected. How does it come out? Video I watched says...

All wheels on the ground. New wheel bearings, properly installed with zero CV snap ring clearance on one side and .002 on the other. Been chasing what I would describe as a auditory and lightly felt "hum" above 55 and kind of smoothes out above 70. My gut is telling me its a driveshaft, u joint...

Just did Koyo bearings. 47ft lbs yielded about 12 pounds break free resistance on a luggage scale. Mobil 1 synthetic for the bearings. For the hub bushings I used Mobil Mobilith SHC 460 (nlgi 1.5). I managed to get the driveshaft snap rings to no measurable clearance on one side and .002 on the...