Thanks for posting this. I did most of this on my 2010 about a month ago. It was good for me to see a competent mechanical person struggling a bit with this job because I thought I was missing something obvious. Getting the idler bolt located with all of the spacers was a pain. Then I had such difficulty with a new belt from AutoZone that I thought it was the wrong one. It just wouldn't go on without a risking damage. I even pulled out the coolant tank for more access. Thankfully, when my idler pulley bearing failed, the belt survived, so I just reused the old one. I still plan to replace it but think a few extra millimeters in length will help and there is plenty of unused movement in the tensioner to handle a bit more belt length.
HELP i took my Mazda six to a mechanic i lost steering .pully had come of ,i took it to a mechanic he replaced the belt pully cost me about 500 dollars , a month later the pully came of again took it back he replaced the pully or put it back on cost over 300 dollars? about a month later it happen again , the mechanic who has a large work shop says he is not Shure why its happening ANY BODY CAN HELP ME PLS
Thanks for posting this. I did most of this on my 2010 about a month ago. It was good for me to see a competent mechanical person struggling a bit with this job because I thought I was missing something obvious. Getting the idler bolt located with all of the spacers was a pain. Then I had such difficulty with a new belt from AutoZone that I thought it was the wrong one. It just wouldn't go on without a risking damage. I even pulled out the coolant tank for more access. Thankfully, when my idler pulley bearing failed, the belt survived, so I just reused the old one. I still plan to replace it but think a few extra millimeters in length will help and there is plenty of unused movement in the tensioner to handle a bit more belt length.
To be totally honest this one was not bad at all. I had a few cases where lots of sweat and swearing was involved, haha
HELP i took my Mazda six to a mechanic i lost steering .pully had come of ,i took it to a mechanic he replaced the belt pully cost me about 500 dollars , a month later the pully came of again took it back he replaced the pully or put it back on cost over 300 dollars? about a month later it happen again , the mechanic who has a large work shop says he is not Shure why its happening ANY BODY CAN HELP ME PLS
Do you remember if the aftermarket and OEM idler pulleys were the same size?
I didn't measure, but must be the same size
the pulley has come of 3 time in two month i had a new one fited ?help please
Is you belt coming off?
@@justdoityourself not it dosent , thanks
the idler seems to drop, and pully comes of ?hapend 3 times in two month its back at the mechanic now , cost me over 1000 dollars
The idler pulley is a bi*** on this job if you don't have small hands lol
I have seen worst, haha
@@justdoityourself oh I bet! Lol