UGH- AC Compressor Lobe Broke- Solutions?
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Was driving around earlier today and heard a sound like my accessory belts were going bad. they'd make noise whenever it was wet or whatever, so I thought it was just an issue of having to get under there and replace the belts.
the squeal continued through ALL rpms , even right off idle.
I was driving on the freeway and the sound stopped- unfortunately, the ! light came on, and the voltmeter dropped to 12 with the red light on.![EEK!](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif)
got home and popped the hood to find the alt/ac belt completely off the track and just hanging out. I looked under the car to find this-
![](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/951Obsession/bracket005.jpg)
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![](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/951Obsession/bracket006.jpg)
that's the other half of the rear bracket that connects the AC to the AC/ALT bracket.
it also broke the damned tensioner-
![](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/951Obsession/bracket009.jpg)
the front ear/lip/bracket on the top doesnt appear to have any damage....it doesnt even look like anything was in there.![ducking](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/icon107.gif)
ideas on how to fix this aside from just putting a nut in the front/top ear/lip/bracket?
also- is there supposed to be something going through the bracket on the underside (the one that the tensioner attatches to)?
the squeal continued through ALL rpms , even right off idle.
I was driving on the freeway and the sound stopped- unfortunately, the ! light came on, and the voltmeter dropped to 12 with the red light on.
![EEK!](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif)
got home and popped the hood to find the alt/ac belt completely off the track and just hanging out. I looked under the car to find this-
![](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/951Obsession/bracket005.jpg)
![banghead](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/banghead.gif)
![banghead](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/banghead.gif)
![](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/951Obsession/bracket006.jpg)
that's the other half of the rear bracket that connects the AC to the AC/ALT bracket.
it also broke the damned tensioner-
![](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/951Obsession/bracket009.jpg)
the front ear/lip/bracket on the top doesnt appear to have any damage....it doesnt even look like anything was in there.
![ducking](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/icon107.gif)
ideas on how to fix this aside from just putting a nut in the front/top ear/lip/bracket?
also- is there supposed to be something going through the bracket on the underside (the one that the tensioner attatches to)?
Last edited by 95Juan; 10-13-2007 at 10:30 PM.
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What size is the head of the bolt? 17mm? If so, I think it would be a M10 bolt... isn't there supposed to be a nut on the front side, or is the housing on the a/c condensor threaded?
It looks like you snapped the reverse-thread side of the tensioner, so you might as well get a new one instead of trying to find a replacement bolt for that.
It looks like you snapped the reverse-thread side of the tensioner, so you might as well get a new one instead of trying to find a replacement bolt for that.