The belt broke!!!! I lost power steering and my battery light came on!!! I'm 70 miles from home. Is there any shops open on Sundays???

 

Stillen just have a new prolly...(which is wider & lighter). I just visit them last friday and they replaced it. With this new prolly, Stillen said that the blower belt should last longer

 

I'm going in this Wed to get my car dynoed. What is it that they have that is new? What is a "prolly"?
Thanks!!

 

he meant pulley,i use prolly instead of probably.

 

Glad to hear everything is okay!

Show us some pics!

 

I'm confused. I'll call Stillen, but I don't know what to ask for. explain it again please. Thanks.

 

+1...which pulley are you referring to? Are we talking about the idler pulley?

 

PLEASE PM.

Have done many Stillen blowers. Belt and pulley problems are frequent. Goes with the territory I guess.

Good-luck.

M

 

Jon,

If they just replaced your belts then they will need to be tightened after a little driving because new ones stretch a little.

 

Sorry...I don't know what it called...but guess it's the silver tensioner for the 4 rib belt

 

Stillen did have a silver tensioner that was "auto". They changed to a manual tensioner due to belts slipping.

Because of the space limitations they had to use that small 4-rib belt which needed to be bigger so it will wear out semi-often. Here in Phoenix I figure I will need to change it at least every 4 months.

 

On the other issue, I took off the idler pulley and re-lubed it a couple weeks ago with penitrating lube then replaced my belt, drive it for a couple days and tightened it. No problems or squeels since. That was the first noise I have had with it so far.

 

thats wierd cause i still have the old spring loaded tensioner,i got mine late 03 and luckily havent had any belt slippage.but your right about the 4 rib belt,i get about 6 to 9 months outta mine.