Hey guys, hope you can help me out.
I wanted to be sure I have a proper understanding before I go crazy. (1992 FJ80)
I recently had my intermediate coolant hose burst and spray the entire passenger front side of the engine bay. (Hose is under the water pump I believe.) After repairing it, I noticed I had a strange grinding sound when accelerating from a stop. Did some research and found the bearings could have been shot from water damage. So I took the powersteering idler pulley out and sure enough, bad bearings.
I then wanted to inspect the A/C idler. Now, I unscrewed the tensioning bolt, but instead of moving the pulley toward the engine, it took the bolt out of the bracket. I remove completely and the pulley does not move. There is some serious gunk from the coolant spray that coated the bracket and the channel where the pulley travels. I tried leveraging a large wrench from under it and no dice.
Question: Before I move to more "energetic" means, am I missing a bolt or something that could be preventing the pulley from sliding?
I am also interested in any tips for breaking the pulley free. Thank you!!!
I wanted to be sure I have a proper understanding before I go crazy. (1992 FJ80)
I recently had my intermediate coolant hose burst and spray the entire passenger front side of the engine bay. (Hose is under the water pump I believe.) After repairing it, I noticed I had a strange grinding sound when accelerating from a stop. Did some research and found the bearings could have been shot from water damage. So I took the powersteering idler pulley out and sure enough, bad bearings.
I then wanted to inspect the A/C idler. Now, I unscrewed the tensioning bolt, but instead of moving the pulley toward the engine, it took the bolt out of the bracket. I remove completely and the pulley does not move. There is some serious gunk from the coolant spray that coated the bracket and the channel where the pulley travels. I tried leveraging a large wrench from under it and no dice.
Question: Before I move to more "energetic" means, am I missing a bolt or something that could be preventing the pulley from sliding?
I am also interested in any tips for breaking the pulley free. Thank you!!!