Belts....

Ok two weeks ago I noticed my a/c was not working so I opened the hood and there I saw my ac belt was ripped in two and half my pump and powersteering belt was left so I took it to a local mechanic and replaced both belts through autozone and today I hear a funny noise in my engine. I again open the hood and the top lamenent of the a/c belt and a few strands of the belt was floping in the wind. I called the subaru deler thinking something was not aligned right and they said that may be the case. Any thoughts anyone?

so your brand new belt got torn again? your pulleys may be faulty or flopping.

ya i took it to subaru and come to find out made crank pulley shifted and the bushings were sheared off moving both belts toward each other ripping them up. The harmonic balencer is gona run me 184 so that suchs but the most funniest thing is the subaru mechanic told me not to drive it like a subaru but like a toyota yaris till i get it fixed lol.

There is no true "harmonic balancer" in the crank pulley. $184 is way too much.

u can do the crank pulley yourself. theres a video showing you how to do it here by HSPN.

 

http://www.hspn.tv/?videoid=65&catid=14

good info

it is better than toyota that wanted to charge 728 and add in a timing belt cover too.

i wonder if i should have gotten a perrin lightweight pulley instead of OEM one

I use the Perrin.

I had the same thing happen recently, and you'll find plenty of reports of the same if you search.

 

I'm definitely going to buy a Perrin (or other lightweight pulley) rather than another OEM pulley that's likely going to have the same problem.

 

Out of curiosity, did your belt take out the wiring harness on the A/C compressor when it slipped off the pulley? Mine did, turning a simple belt replacement into an A/C compressor replacement. :-/

wow my a/c is still intact. The perrin runs for 129 here:

 

http://www.perrinperformance.com/products/show/181/Lightened-Crank-Pulley-?category=4&model=10

m sprank how does your car run with the pulley?

I ended up buying the GMS pulley, and sprang for a short shifter & shifter bushings just because the combo deal price was good and I'd really like to have a short shifter.

 

I'm planning to put the new pulley on before taking it to the dealer to have the compressor replaced (was quoted $820). At least it shouldn't happen again with the new pulley.

m sprank how does your car run with the pulley?

 

Perrin pulleys work great. Fit fine, install is easy. On a 5EAT make off the line MUCH more fun. Huge difference in how fast the motor winds up. Be nice to the car and you even get 1-2mpg better. On the MT cars it is barely noticeable. But its still cheaper than OEM. I sell them. I can do better than $129 for you.

is the perrin pulley lighter than the gms one? it sure looks lighter.

No idea. I weighed the stock pulley and the GMS pulley on my bathroom scale. Stock pulley was 5.8lbs. and the GMS pulley was 1.2. Come to think of it, I'm not sure if my bathroom scale reads in 0.1 or 0.2 increments, so take that for what it's worth.

 

I could totally be imagining it, but over the past week I have managed to convince myself that heel/toe downshifts are more easily rev-matched. *shrug*

So got the belts and pulley replaced but turns out that it messed up my timing belt in the process so I had to get that replaced too. Car runs great now I hope to never have to go thru that again.

Now I cant' decide whether to go for exhaust up and downpipes w/mufflers or rims? Decisions Decisions

probably a dumb question but just want to make sure, can i use a power steering belt that is described for a GT on a 2.5i? my belt is starting to squeak and slip a little bit.

I am not sure if the NA cars use the same belts, check out gates.com or bando.com for your application.

 

-mike