Is this belt wheel supposed to turn???????
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From: Eden, NY
Car: 89 Trans am
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Is this belt wheel supposed to turn???????
the one with a arrow pointing to it. wont turn by hand
its a serpentine belt system.
its a serpentine belt system.
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You should be able to turn that by hand. Thats your air pump. The unlabeled pully on the right of the picture is your power steering pump.
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it also could be the belt tensioner.. hard to tell by the pic.. does the pulley have a pump with some wires and tubes attached to the backside of it?
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All pulleys are supposed to turn freely by hand. The belt tensionor is up top, between the A/C and the water pump in that picture. Sounds like your air pump has seized up. Mine did that a few months ago, and to make matters worse, I locked my keys in my car too.
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Originally posted by Kevin91Z
All pulleys are supposed to turn freely by hand. The belt tensionor is up top, between the A/C and the water pump in that picture. Sounds like your air pump has seized up. Mine did that a few months ago, and to make matters worse, I locked my keys in my car too.
All pulleys are supposed to turn freely by hand. The belt tensionor is up top, between the A/C and the water pump in that picture. Sounds like your air pump has seized up. Mine did that a few months ago, and to make matters worse, I locked my keys in my car too.
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On a serpentine setup, remove the belt....brilliant idea. I like the idea of having no water pump or alternator or power steering, either.
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I'm not big on serpentine systems, so don't flame me, if you can't, but can't he just remove the smog pump and get a corispondingly shorter belt, I'm sure someone has got the proper legnth someware?
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My bad, didn't read that part. Anyway, if its not a TPI car remove the smog pump and forget about it or if it will work get a shorter belt that will bypass the smog pump. If it is a TPI car then replace the pump.
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