'97 SE with 3800 Series II
Serpentine tensioner bearing seized, causing the plastic tensioner pulley to forcibly spin/melt off. Belt snapped shortly thereafter. Must replace the tensioner.
Does any part of this job involve removing power steering lines? Pictures of a typical replacement tensioner seem to suggest there are not only coolant passages but also power steering fluid passages. Thanks very much for your advice guys.
-Scott
A picture of a typical tensioner replacement part from Rockauto.com showing several fluid passages...
The pulley that spun off from my seized tensioner bearing.
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The other side of the pulley.