1. Place a three-eighths-inch ratchet driver into the square hole on the face of the tensioner pulley. The idler pulley is bolted onto the side of the engine block and does not attach to any other accessories. 2. Pull up on the ratchet handle to release tension on the Cadillac's serpentine belt. Pull the belt off the tensioner pulley. Don't remove the belt from any of the other pulleys. 3. Remove the two bolts that secure the tensioner arm to the engine block using a socket and ratchet. The pulley permanently mounts to the tensioner arm. 4. Remove the tensioner arm and pulley from the engine bay.
idler pulley, the only one that will move
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Loosen the bolt in the center of the idler pulley. Then loosen the pulley and remove the belt. There is 3 bolts behind the idler pulley that remove the entire pulley assembly. One is located above the pulley to the top right and the other 2 bolts are below the pulley on either side. It will help to take the wheel off and remove the plastic access panel behind the wheel to the front side of the axle. Then you can drop the pulley out from the bottom and replace the pulley or whole assembly either one at this point. Reverse instructions to reassemble.
It may be the Idler pulley. I used to have a 96 Breeze with a 2.0L 4cyl that made a whining noise. I thought something might be seriously wrong, but then i discovered it was just the Idler pulley making noise. I changed it-- no more noise.
loosen the pulley, side the belt off, slide the new one on, tighten the pulley
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It is the small pulley with a nut in the middle on the pulley assembly!
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That pulley has a bearing on the inside of it that has gone bad. Replace the pulley with a new 1
remove belt via tensioner, four bolts on pulley, five on pump, clean and reverse
I guess you're referring to the tensioner. It seems to be in different places on different engines. In my '96, it's down and rearward from the alternator. It's pretty easy to identify. It's surface is very shiny and has no flange, if memory serves. It's probably the only pulley-like device which contacts the back or outside of the belt.