I'm A Bloody Idiot !!!!!!!!

[crotchrocket]

Cause mine's not !!

It looks like it should, but its called an idle pulley in the manual. Got VERY muddy yesterday and thinking its seized??

[don moore]

ouch.. better get some WD40 or JB80 and get it free.......

[crotchrocket]

Tried some WD40 (as i've been hasling alanbradley over the phone already this morning) but its still not free yet. Using a spanner but its undoing the pulley. grrrrrrr all my work clothes now covered in mud......................MONDAYS.......JOY

[crotchrocket]

This is the one, you can see the state of my beld

[Ldub]

Yep, that should be spinning.

Sounds like you need a new bearing at the very least...

IF that bit can be replaced seperately...

[alanbradley]

Yeah... I've suggested either a new bit from Milner Off-Road (if they stock them) or a used one from GT4x4 who say they're breaking a 3.5 Trooper at the moment...

We did get rather filthy.

A

[WormGod]

+1 for keeping my VX ONroad.

I could swear I read a thread some time ago that talked about rebuilding the bearing chamber for the idle pulley. Anyone remember that? I searched and couldn't find it though.

I do imagine you could get one quite cheap. I would think that it pretty universal too.

[crotchrocket]

Dont have time to look at it today but will see if i can pull it apart tomorrow eve. i will need a new timing belt too

[nfpgasmask]

You mean you will need a new DRIVE BELT/SERPENTINE BELT. Your timing belt is behind the black plastic covers and should be mud free.

So wait, the belt is just "sliding" over this pulley right now? I would imagine that will cause some heat build up and eventual failure. I would park your VX until you get that part swapped. Should be pretty easy to do.

And yet another example of why I hate mud.

Bart

[crotchrocket]

yep its parked up thanks,

cant do it tonight as im off to see the Kings Of Leon in an hour !!!

[nfpgasmask]

I do imagine you could get one quite cheap. I would think that it pretty universal too.

Yeah, a new Gatorback serp belt is only $40 USD, so no major loss there. The pulley might be more difficult to find, or not, but who knows how much it will cost.

Crotch, if you have trouble getting one, just PM me and I can call Merlin and see what his price is. I am a regular at my post office so I can easily ship one over to you if all else fails...provided you cover the various costs...

Bart

PS - Did I mention how much I hate mud?

[alanbradley]

Over here we have no choice but mud really... Yesterday was "sandy mud" not "clay mud". At least this stuff washes off after 2 goes with the power washer.

A

[nfpgasmask]

Over here we have no choice but mud really... Yesterday was "sandy mud" not "clay mud". At least this stuff washes off after 2 goes with the power washer.

A

Yeah, it's the same back in the mid-western US. Lost of clay and mud, just messy stuff. I still think you guys got it bad though. I remember when I was in London in 2001 it rained. Rained some more. Then hailed. Then continued to rain. It rained pretty much the whole time, iirc.

Bart

[pbkid]

hey bart...how hard is it to replace our serpentine belt to replace?? mine is looking pretty bad, im thinking its time to replace..

[nfpgasmask]

hey bart...how hard is it to replace our serpentine belt to replace?? mine is looking pretty bad, im thinking its time to replace..

I takes like 5-10 minutes, seriously. All you need is a breaker bar (for length) and the right socket. You attach it to the tensioner pulley, pull towards the driver's side, the old belt goes slack, you remove it, and put the new one on in the right config (see below). DONE.



Bart