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Old 06-14-2002, 08:32 PM
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Someone please save me from my own stupidity...

Well, I'm swapping in my "new" aircon compressor this evening. All is going well, until I notice that the other belt is a little loose (they were both changed about 5K miles ago, so I was not surprised). I immediately begin cranking on the tensioner bolt... without stopping to loosen the bolt on the idler pulley... and before I realize what I am doing, the tensioner bolt snaps in two. We're talking one or two swings of the ratchet here, and there is not too much range of motion right there anyway, so I have to believe it was already weakened from a previous idiot like myself not paying attention to what he was doing...

Anyway, I can't find a replacement part number on subaruparts.com. Anyone have any ideas? Is this a fairly standard animal that I will be able to find at my local auto parts store? I'm thinking I may be able to get a reverse thread bolt and nut, spin the bolt up to the proper spot and hit it with a spot weld to keep it from spinning.

Any help here would be appreciated. I am itching to get this thing running to find out if the new compressor did the trick or not...

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Old 06-14-2002, 09:28 PM
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Just remove the entire tensioner pulley and retrieve the bolt from it, it should be loose enough to spin by hand. Good luck on finding a left-hand metric bolt in that length, unless you find an old tensioner to steal one from... Actually, you can probably figure a way to tighten the belt without using the tensioning bolt and just cinch down the center bolt to hold it in place.
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Old 06-14-2002, 10:26 PM
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Thanks, Beav

As soon as I got myself out of "panic mode", I had the same thought. A little judicious use of the "broken axe handle between pulley and shoulder while tightening bolt" technique worked out just fine.

The really good news is that the compressor works great. I got a R134A retrofit kit and charged it up, and for the first time since I bought the car, it blows ice cold air from the vents

Any long term negatives to using the R134A vs. the R12 as originally equipped?
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Old 06-14-2002, 11:04 PM
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OK, Mike, now I see why you wanted to practice on mine first.

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