My idle pully has been shaking a little and making a really bad noise when I shut off the engine. I was wondering that if I replace it can I just replace the pully itself or the whole idle arm too?

I say just the pulley.. if you have a bearing/pulley then just the bearings on the pulley.. ( I got cheap and done that myself.. err.. well.. Tamara'* dad did most of the work and I supervised hahahahaha.. watched ). The bearings only cost $3 each ( and that'* canadian monopoly money )

But if not.. don't worry.. just change the pulley at the same time as I"ve seen 1 on my car that the pulley is worn and has a groove in it..

You only need the pulley, use the same bracket. You can change it yourself, 1 bolt to remove, tighten to 37 lb ft.

add your car trim to your sig so we can tell which engine you have, it makes it easier to help you.

Great thanks~

ok so if i wanted to change my pulley how can i remove mine???

You may be able to get a metal replacement pulley instead of the plastic.

It'* a torx bit you need.. don't remember the size.. will try and look for it for you tomorrow.. got the one that fits on a socket wrench so that made it a lot easier.. depending on which pulley.. it might be other way to loosen it.. if the pulley turns counter-clockwise.. it'* clockwise to remove.


EDIT: Just noticed you're a series I.. so the Torx bit size I use may be different if not different screws all together.. but I will find the size never the less... later tomorrow.. too dark to look in the garage.

On my '93 SSEi and '92 SSE */c, the idler pulleys are fastened with a single bolt, I think it was 15mm (or maybe 13mm). To remove the pulley, turn the bolt counterclockwise just as you would normally do to remove any other bolt on anything else.

I bought replacement pulleys at the auto parts store. They're metal, but cost almost $20 each.

I tried to remove the bearings from one of the old plastic OEM pulleys, in hopes of pressing in a new #6203 bearing, but the pulley cracked as I was trying to press-out the old bearing. Close inspection revealed that the bearing is held in place by a molded lip in the plastic on both sides of the plastic pulley. I wonder how the bearings were pressed-in at the factory...I asked a friend who'* a machinist, and he didn't know how the bearings were pressed-in at the factory either.