NJ B.S. Thread

diggin the box of goodies lol

 

Think I am gonna be doing this one of these weekends:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...pulleys-tensioner-pulley-serpentine-belt.html

Gonna try just tightening it a bit first... but the serpentine belts are supposed to be replaced at like 40k? Mine is well over that at 80K, lol.

 

had the original belt on mine with over 119K before it went to the junk yard

 

THAT TRUCK WAS DESTROYED, before you wrecked it.

 

Love the avatar scott

 

Thanks.

 

Yeah I love ur mini monster ride

 

replace at signs of damage/wear/cracking

 

Fabio you need a build thread.

 

him and kevin need one asap!

 

<---- already has one

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-builds/317995-nj636-dcsb-db-build-thread.html

 

There is nothing to tighten besides the bolts that hold the pulleys down and they shouldn't be loose. At 80k of swamp driving my bet is you have a bad pulley and the tension-er is fine. Ill be messing with my truck this weekend if you want me to check it out? You should be able to swap everything (but the tension'er) in 20-40 minutes with beer breaks. I actually have some good OE pulleys as well. One of mine went bad so I swapped them all for sealed, cleaned up the old ones, and put them in my truck for trail spares.

 

I am gonna order all new pulleys and a new serpentine belt... I felt under mine and I can tell it is cracked and dried out just by touch. The pulleys have dried mud on the inside portion of them, so I am sure the bearings are shot. Rather surprised that my alternator isn't freaking out... it also has quite a bit of dried mud all over it. This is the price I pay for fun in wharton.


I am kinda regretting playing in that clay now... just pulled off my skid plate (breaking two bolts in the process) to find about 50+ pounds of the shit caked everywhere... I had to take a claw hammer and scoop it off my skid and put it all into a trashbag so I didn't make a mess of the parking lot. The rest I have to let just dry up and fall off... a pressure washer won't have much of an impact on this stuff... so driving without a skid for a bit.

 

LOL...any issues with part number let us know. I have them and I know Scott does somewhere. It was a PITA to find the part number for just the pulley for the tensioner.

 

Found it all on the FJ forums.

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/foru...154-idler-pulley-bearing-failure-what-do.html

I wasn't gonna replace the tensioner pulley because I read it's a PITA? Was just gonna go with the idlers... then swear up and down when it didn't fix it. Couldn't find any write up on how to remove the engine fan/housing though... is that pretty straight forward?

Edit: Apparently you don't have to do the entire tensioner assembly, you can just do the pulley part... I guess I better get that too.

 

I have a thread on it I think. Maybe under username "misc"

 

Couldn't find it... but I got distracted and did find your thread about AFE filters... damnit...

Edit: ordered all except the tensioner, I will let you know once they come in boyd if you are willing to gimme some minor help, I shall bring you a 12 pack of the beer of your choice.

 

For Chux

 

Build threads are overrated.

 

For me it's just a place where I can look at past wheeling trips photos/videos all in one spot. I'm broke as shit so not much building happens in mine.