Piece of shiza fell off the car the other day. I didn't have tools in my car when it happened, so I found the cheap jack loop tool in the spare and used it to get the pulley out from the belts! Problem I'm facing, bolt snapped off in mounting bracket. I think it's funny, first time in 3 months I want to take the car out, it breaks.

 

hahaha damn bro thats funny, same thing happened to me when i was on the highway doing 90, the vibrations got so loud from it rattling around i thought my car blew up lol

 

Yeah, mine snapped as well about 2-3 months ago.

 

same thing happened to me on the freeway..i ended up taking off the entire air conditioner.

 

mine did the same thing a few weeks back. Just take the bracket all the way off and use an e-z-out tool to get the stud out. then order a new bolt. takes like an hour or so

 

The same thing happen to me too like a month ago. I had to cut my a.c belt and p.s to get the pulley out. I was on the highway doing 80. I miss a.c.

 

Jim just had it happen to his as well.

Solution: Take the AC out!!!

 

this happens to everybody eventually.

I've had it happen 3 times, including after I replaced the stock bolt with my own Grade 8 bolt.

REMOVE AC

BudMan - who enjoys driving the denali to work with a rather large AC system that doesn't fail

 

I had the same problem, except it must have been my own dumbass fault. The bolt actually came out, and it shoved the pulley & arm into my crank pulley. Never found it, but my aluminum crank pulley somehow survived..

 

Mine fell out at the Expo this year and took my power steering belt with it.

Once I got home the AC was completely removed from the car. I've always felt that AC and the TypeR don't belong together...

 

wow I guess Im not the only one! My daily driver is in the shop getting bodywork. If it wasn't temps of almost melting point down here in South Florida I would take it out in a heartbeat. Try and get it fixed this week.

 

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Solution: Take the AC out!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Yes, this is a common problem with these cars! I just replaced the bolt with another 14. If it brakes again I'm taking it out....

 

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you dont live in south florida in the summer!!! hahahaha

 

lol..yeah it does get quite hot downhere as well, but definitely not as hot down there for sure.

 

Had it happen on my 97 GSR (back in 98) and my 00 ITR (in 2001).

Glad to know it just wasn't my bad luck and everyone has this happen.

 

Happened to me a few months back (SUCKS)... took out every belt less the SC belt. Found a replacement bolt at Pep Boys and ordered to factory bolt awile back.


-Still haven't installed the OEM bolt... it's still sitting in the center console.

 

Same thing happened to me. At that point I said the same thing, NO AC!

Last summer with no AC was such torture that I refuse to drive the car again in the summer without AC. It's going back in.

 

yep ac is a must in SF. So i have to take out the ac bracket i get out the broken bolt?

 

Can you grab it with vice grips?

If not the next step is drill it out. Make sure to lube it up and drill at low rpm.

 

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i can not see the broken bolt. So what drill bit do i use?

 

You have to get a reverse bit. One that spins and grabs the opposite way.

 

happen to me on the turnpike yesterday!! hottest week of the summer, in jersey anyways, and i have no a/c. what is the cause of this problem for so many people? did i overtighten the tensior?

 

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Its just a problem. Crappy bolt along with crappy design.

 

How much is an AC belt? I think Im just gonna cut the belt off and drive around without A/C for a while. To lazy to fix right now... plus I believe the a/c belt got cut a bit when the pulley decided to take a shiza and fall on the belt. (btw seems like I will have to take off a bunch of stuff to get to the mounting bracket.)