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Old 11-21-2005, 03:20 PM   #1
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I was looking around under the hood of my WRX and I noticed that the AC pulley tensioner was broken. I picked up the part at local Subaru dealer and now I have a question: Is that pulley suppose to turn when the AC is going or is it a static pulley that does not spin? The other two pulleis appear to spin but I'm not sure about this one.
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Old 11-25-2005, 09:09 AM   #2
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all pullies in contact with moving belts should spin!
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Old 11-25-2005, 09:44 AM   #3
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all pullies in contact with moving belts should spin!
Hmmm....I better have this looked at then.
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Old 11-25-2005, 09:52 AM   #4
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Are you referring to the AC compressor itself? If so the compressor has an electric clutch on the pulley that drives it, so when the AC is not running only the outside (the part that contacts the belt) will be turning, while the inside (which is actually attached to the compressor shaft) will not turn until the clutch engages.
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Old 11-25-2005, 10:56 AM   #5
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Are you referring to the AC compressor itself? If so the compressor has an electric clutch on the pulley that drives it, so when the AC is not running only the outside (the part that contacts the belt) will be turning, while the inside (which is actually attached to the compressor shaft) will not turn until the clutch engages.
Actually I'm refferring to the bottom pulley. The AC belt loops around 3 pulleys: The Crank Pulley, The top ac pulley (the one you are referring too) and the lower ac pulley. The bottom pulley does not appear to spin at all. This is the pulley that had the pulley tensioner bracket that broke and I replaced. Probably anyone who's bored and looks at their engine compartment can probably tell me if there's spins.
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Old 11-25-2005, 11:14 AM   #6
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Does that pulley spin if you turn it by hand with the belt off? If it doesn't it's NG and has to be replaced. It would make sense actually, the pulley bearing probably seized and that's why the bracket broke. Check it and if it's bad (which it sounds like it is) make another trip to the dealer for a new pulley.
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Does that pulley spin if you turn it by hand with the belt off? If it doesn't it's NG and has to be replaced. It would make sense actually, the pulley bearing probably seized and that's why the bracket broke. Check it and if it's bad (which it sounds like it is) make another trip to the dealer for a new pulley.
Thanks....I'll check it out.
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....loosen the nut a bit....
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....loosen the nut a bit....
See, I wasn't sure if the nut should be loose......Is the tensioner pulley bracket the sole part that will keep the tension because it seems like a pretty week part.
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...if it is gorilla'd the pulley won't turn, NO????
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Old 11-26-2005, 11:48 AM   #11
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...if it is gorilla'd the pulley won't turn, NO????
But I wasn't sure if that pulley is suppose to turn....but then again I guess they wouldn't have put a pulley there if it was meant to turn.
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