So, I'm having a blast tinkering with my new toy, '04 pass., long and tall. Fixing little things, learning how other things work, etc.. Well I have this noise. Sounds like a idler pulley or something. Pull the belt from the aux a/c pump, gone. Well, no, there it is, not so lucky. Finally read enough to determine which belt and idlers to get, they come in, replaced idlers with the bigger ribbed ones, new tensioner, new belt. Fire it up. Sweet!! Well, no, there it is. Dang, what the heck?! Researched last night, almost couldn't sleep due to the 20 page HB thread. Decide to go out this morning and loosen new belt to check water pump, compressor's, all the other components for play since I forgot to in all the excitement of getting the new stuff on.
Crawl under the front to unload the tensioner and decide to grab the ring on the HB. Loose. It wiggles forward and aft and I can actually rotate it around a few degrees, maybe 1/4 inch or so. So...
After my mind numbing read about the HB's last night, is this all I need to do this? I have the old style (10.9 on bolt).
1) new HB
2) new bolt and washer, (key stays, correct?)
3) new seal (same seal for old and new style?)
4) crank tool to hold for torquing
Any advice on best place to source this stuff? One stop shopping is good, economical is good, but getting the right stuff is more important. Should I arm myself with all the right part numbers or can I trust my Freightliner dealer? Man this sucks. I like it so much, I just wanna drive it. But I know better. Luckily I'm off this week so if I can get the parts, it should be good timing.
I just want to cuss.
Crawl under the front to unload the tensioner and decide to grab the ring on the HB. Loose. It wiggles forward and aft and I can actually rotate it around a few degrees, maybe 1/4 inch or so. So...
After my mind numbing read about the HB's last night, is this all I need to do this? I have the old style (10.9 on bolt).
1) new HB
2) new bolt and washer, (key stays, correct?)
3) new seal (same seal for old and new style?)
4) crank tool to hold for torquing
Any advice on best place to source this stuff? One stop shopping is good, economical is good, but getting the right stuff is more important. Should I arm myself with all the right part numbers or can I trust my Freightliner dealer? Man this sucks. I like it so much, I just wanna drive it. But I know better. Luckily I'm off this week so if I can get the parts, it should be good timing.
I just want to cuss.
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