Carnage44
Junior Member
Guys I need your input. But first let me give you some backstory: I heard some squealing noise coming from under the hood of my 2009 Ram 1500 Big Horn 5.7 Hemi. I pinpointed it to the idler pulley. Which I replaced and I replaced the serpentine belt while I was there. In doing so this fixed the noise. I looked for torque specs for the bolt that holds the idler pulley on. I found somebody mentioned 45 ft. lbs. for this bolt. So I set my torque wrench to 45, placed it on the bolt and waiting for the clicks. Well I snap the head of the bolt off. TALK ABOUT BEING PISSED! This is where I would like your input. Should I have it towed to a shop and let them extract the bolt out? Or, is it something I should tackle? And if I do it should I just go ahead and do a clutch fan delete, 180 t-stat, V6 E-fan and tune?
Here is what I (we) need to know:
(and I hope this post helps other people so they don't do what I did)
1) What is the correct torque spec for the idler pulley?
2) What is the purpose of the clutch fan delete? And is it worth it?
3) What does it take to extract the bolt out? Do I have to remove the fan and fan shroud or can I do it without removing anything besides the pulley & belt? (I have never extracted out a bolt. Nothing YouTube can't fix)
Sorry I feel like I'm all over the place with this post. Definitely two different subjects haha. Thanks in advance
Here is what I (we) need to know:
(and I hope this post helps other people so they don't do what I did)
1) What is the correct torque spec for the idler pulley?
2) What is the purpose of the clutch fan delete? And is it worth it?
3) What does it take to extract the bolt out? Do I have to remove the fan and fan shroud or can I do it without removing anything besides the pulley & belt? (I have never extracted out a bolt. Nothing YouTube can't fix)
Sorry I feel like I'm all over the place with this post. Definitely two different subjects haha. Thanks in advance
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