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and i’m a bit confused. all over internet they talk about a spring in the tensioner.Isn’t the tensioner just the bolt the you screw into the other bolt to make the pulley tighter or looser? i saw no spring anywhere.

[sara]

do i have to take the alternator off the car to swap pulleys?

[sara]

i just bought this drill / impact set and i’ve never used an impact. tried to use and i can get the bolt or nut off easier. Is it just a piece of crap one or is there some trick i need to know about?

it’s a craftsman 19.2 volt 1/4 in impact driver.
up to 1600 in-lbs torque
0-3500 ipm
0-2500 rpm (no load)

[sara]

something is squeeling and i don’t know what it is. it starts out kind of low and as you keep the car on it seems like it gets louder. i looked at everything and i don’t see anything. the first time i started it, i saw a little bit of smoke and burnt rubber smell. checked the belts and don’t see anything. i don’t know how much more i can take of this before i explode. i’m getting irritated. the belt does look a little big for the quest pulley. can i take the one off the pathfinder alt or do they not come off ?

[sara]

the top pully idler bolt is stripped and i can’t get the nut on. it’s the one to the fan belt i think.

can i just grind it down?

see why i said TRY to finish

[sara]

Cool. gonna go TRY to finish now. This car is so old whenever i remove any kind of support or tie, the object that it’s there to support just stays right there stiff, been sitting in that spot for 20 years almost.

I appreciate all your help

[sara]

new quest alt. can you see the small ground wire? that was attached to one of the bottom bolts on that bracket. you see there is only one hole to attach the bracket on the new alt. since i broke that black clip i can’t attach it anyhow now. Is that just for support?. the small wire comes out of the positive cable, can i just attach it directly to the hole and forget about the bracket or do i need to have it there?

just fyi here is that nut i was talking about earlier

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[sara]

this is the old alt from path. the top 2 holes is where the bracket was attached

the holes

this is the bracket in question

this black clip that wraps around, i believe, to the positive battery cable and attaches to the top of bracket

but i broke it

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[sara]

Ya that belt for the quest was too short. Going to use the old cracked one also until this one gets here:

Continental Elite
Manufacturer Part Number:
4050505
Detailed item info
Product Details
Sub Type: Serpentine Belt
Notes: Description–Serpentine Belt
Package Height–1 IN
Package Length–16 IN
Package Weight–0.217 LBS
Package Width–6 IN

[sara]

I cleaned it up because i have to use it until other one gets here. the tips had black rubber from the hose

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and the tips of blades

and my dog

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see all the other cracks below. this one is the worst

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I can’t find an exact write up for the swap / modification from the quest to my year 1999 pathfinder online. When searching for the bracket, I see alot of people removing the bracket for the tensioner and I don’t understand why they are doing that because I didn’t have to touch mine. Maybe their setup is different. I hope I’m doing this right. I have a bolt half way screwed in for the top that is too tight but long enough. That’s where I left off yesterday before I got burned out. It’s so tight ihe alternator isn’t going anywhere so I’m thinking I can get to home depot like that to get the right size. Going out in a bit, maybe I can figure it out. the hose from the engine to the radiator wasn’t bolted when i started all this and when attempting to get it bolted, it must have been unbolted for a long time because the hose is stretched way to far to even reach where it should be bolted. So i cut it down alot and when removing the fan, I saw the fan had been hitting that hose for quite some time and the fan has multiple cracks from the blades turning and hitting and the blades are all chipped on every end from hitting it. Didn’t have shroud on because previous owner gave it to me separate from car because it was broke also.

Ordered a new fan and shroud. waiting on that. This alternator change just led me to a trail of things to fix. the belts the fan the shroud, the radiator hose……omg.

Oh, the metal piece with the nut that folds is called the nut stopper part 11713M and goes on the bottom bolt in the back. I think. I’m looking at the nissan part store online at the alternator fitting for a 2000 pathfinder and it doesn’t really show that bracket that sits on top back so when I’m out today I’ll snap some pics

[sara]

I just saw this. sorry. i had to drill the holes bigger on alt to fit the screw.

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