Is that the belt tensioner bolt I see?

 

First one's too blurry.

Hard to tell but if BlackCat's right, that ain't a good thing.

 

Looks like its broken :-( I cant tighten the pulley any more.

 

I hope you loosened the nut on the tensioner pulley first before tightening/loosening the belt tensioner bolt. I've read of a few ppl here breaking it because of that.

 

Yep. Looks like it's broken to me, too.

 

Best place to buy one? What exactly is this called?

 

Belt Tensioner assembly?

 

 

Is this is the belt tensioner assembly that came from the Stillen kit? I guess you'd have to get it from Stillen then.

 

No, its the tensioner bolt that you use...its stock from the car.

I've broken one before. Couldn't get just that bolt for days, so bought the entire tensioner pully kit for like $50.

Max4Speed - Oddly enought, I'm 95% sure I've got a brand new one sitting in my garage at home. I ordered the tensioner bolt for the PS pump and got the bolt you need. Let me look when get home. If you want it I'll send it to you for the cost of shipping.

 

did you use the correct belt size? maybe it is all the way down already.


one time the tensioner adjusting bolt got stuck by the shredded belt, I had to take it apart and clean it with brake cleaner.

 

What size pulley are you using? I am using a 3.125 and JAY25 recommended the belt so I am pretty sure its the right size belt. I called up the local nissan and they have to order this bolt they said. Hopefuly EJJ will get back to me before 5 so I can call this the end :-)

BTW how hard is it to replace this this assembly? NOOBIE here.

 

I bent mine once while tightening a pulley, forgot to loosen the pulley bolt before turning. Cost me $55 to buy the whole assembly from the dealer.

It's not particularly hard to get to, but it's really, really annoying. You have to work from under the car and remove the pulley. It's hard to get everything up there lined up while you tighten. But it's not hard at all to replace, just be patient. If you have gear wrenches, it makes the job easier to get the pulley bolt back on.

 

I use 2.87 pulley. gates belt does not make a perfect size for my pulley, the one they have is a bit longer. My belt is a bit loose, but it still pass the tension test.

usually nissan sells the tension adjusting bolt with the bracket.

 

I picked up the whole bracket with the pulley for 60 bucks from nissan. The AMAZING thing is that they sell the METAL pulleys now instead of plastic. Hopefuly I can try to replace it this saturday. This Sqeeeking noise is killing me on low rpms but goes away later.

Appreciate yall's comments. This thread will come alive again if i see any problems ;-) Gota love the org.

 

??? I thought the oem idler pulley has always been metal.

 

Yeah...they are.

 

bring that by the house, today friday afternoon Ill put it on in 15mins, you get topside and tigten I get the bottom to guide and tighten the nut, and dont forget my brother wants an alarm so give me a price on that alarm. After that lets go boost, if you dont know how to drive, Ill show you how to boost it

 

Sorry signal faded at that place ;-)

I guess since I dont brag about my driving ppl think I dont know how to drive :-p Its ok I can let you teach me how to drive ;-)