95Juan

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.

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-










that's the other half of the rear bracket that connects the AC to the AC/ALT bracket.

it also broke the damned tensioner-





the front ear/lip/bracket on the top doesnt appear to have any damage....it doesnt even look like anything was in there.


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)?

95Juan

anybody even know what kind of bolt i need to hook it up on the front/top lobe?

billthe3

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.