OK. Just got all(almost all) the stuff to convert my v-belt setup to serpentine. Looks like I have all the brackets, braces, and bolts.....just not the three studs.

Could someone please tell me the length and placement of these studs so I can make this as painless as possible? Just the locations these studs go to would actually be sufficient.

TIA!!

 

If I had a picture, it would be worth a thousand words. I know having them is very handy becuase you can basically "hang" the big aluminum brackets on them and then start the other bolts at your leisure with free hands.

The thread is the same as all the other bolts that hold the brackets on in various places- 3/8-16. The GM ones have a reverse torx head on the end so you can easily tighten them into the block but I'm sure some all-thread of proper length would work, installing them by double nutting them to give you something to tighten down against.

As I recall they stick out the front of the engine about 1-1/2". Enough to get it through the thick aluminum bracket and still have plenty of thread to put the nut on the end.

 

I went digging thru my bolt buckets and found some of those studs(from god knows what). Not that it really matters I guess, I was just trying to get them in the correct locations. I guess I'm just a little goofy about stuff like that. me=

Must be all those years of working on turbo Buicks........