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88delta88
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 Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:33 pm |
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OK. I am a dumbass, let me save you the comments...  I was trying to change the idler pulley, and was reefing on the pulley nut. It just wasnt working, so I pulled out the bigger ratchet. It started to move a bit, so I kept giving it, and I must have gone one full revolution, and it wasnt getting easier! So, like the dumbass I am, I just kept giving it, and then SNAP! The whole works fell to the ground.
It busted the aluminum arm right off. Reverse threads only get tighter when trying to unscrew them counter clockwise.  Had I have only known it was reverse threads, I would have been ok... Come to think of it, if it wasnt reverse threads, everytime you wanted to change a belt, it would unscrew on you.
So, I need a whole new tensioner now. AND Im stuck without wheels till I get it!!! Damn it!
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Brando
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:05 pm |
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That sucks....in a little hurry were ya?
Part number for new tensioner is 25527750, can get it from GM Parts Direct.
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73Delta88
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:25 pm |
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88delta88 wrote: Had I have only known it was reverse threads, I would have been ok...
D'OH! 
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88delta88
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 8:35 am |
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ACTUALLY... it worked out for the better. I went to the junk yard the next morning, and pulled the whole tensioner assy. off a bonneville with the exact same motor. The guy looked at the thing and said $15.00. I paid the man, and installed the new tensioner, WITH pulley included. I then took the new idler pulley back to the store and got my $30 bucks back, because the pulley from the bonneville was in excellent shape!
So, even after all the run-around, I ended up saving 15 bux!!!
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Hans
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 10:37 pm |
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Brando wrote: :lol:
That sucks....in a little hurry were ya?
Part number for new tensioner is 25527750, can get it from GM Parts Direct.
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Brando
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 1:12 am |
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Hans wrote: Brando wrote: :lol:
That sucks....in a little hurry were ya?
Part number for new tensioner is 25527750, can get it from GM Parts Direct.
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Brando gmpd owns indeed.
I don't get paid to display their banner (although they do link this site on theirs because of it), I display it just because they have the best prices on new stuff. I got a blower motor for my Intrigue, napa wanted some $80 or something for just the motor....I got the motor, a fuse, the carpet panel that goes under the dash, the clips that hold it in place, the vent hose, and some instructions (haha) for around $70 shipped. Awesome stuff...I've ordered quite a few things from them for my intrigue.
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73Delta88
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:13 am |
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Brando wrote: I got a blower motor for my Intrigue
When I first read through that quick I thought you bought a supercharger (blower) .... till I got to the part where you said it cost $80 
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Brando
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 2:26 pm |
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73Delta88 wrote: Brando wrote: I got a blower motor for my Intrigue When I first read through that quick I thought you bought a supercharger (blower) .... till I got to the part where you said it cost $80 yea...I said blower motor, not a blower...
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73Delta88
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 3:12 pm |
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Brando wrote: yea...I said blower motor, not a blower... yea that also gave it away... I was just kinda skimming it and the word blower caught my eye first so i had to go back and actually read it.
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