Last month, I had my power steering/Alternator belt + ac belt replaced. Now, three days ago my power steering belt came off. The problem was that the adjustment pulley somehow fell off. I just got it fixed by the guy who installed my first belt, I made sure he tightened it (he did it for free, though he said he's not sure why the pulley came off since he only loosened the tension screw, though he may have forgot, who knows.).
Now I'm noticing some new problems with the car after the pulley came off, though I'm unsure if they're related.

1. There is a clicking noise coming from the engine bay. I'm unsure if it's maybe scraps of the old belt making it.. I'll try to get a audio clip.

2. The transmission seems worse. Now I know these trannys weren't all that great and many people have been complaining about getting into 2nd gear. But just recently, it's been harder to shift it into 2nd, while before it was smooth.

3. Idk if this is a issue, but my shift **** shakes more than usual.

Anyways, I hope I'm not being paranoid, but any advice will be welcomed.

Here's the info on my car.

2004 G35 coupe 6 speed with 49,800? miles. I changed the oil+filter, and replaced the transmission fluid w/redline about 1000 miles ago.

Thanks guys.

-Billy

EDIT: oh and the car has a motordyne VQ exhaust, +injen shortram. It idles nicely at 650. (I also noticed the rpms dip just a tiny bit when i turn the wheel all the way to the left/right.)

Here's the audio clip:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenxin/...in/photostream

 

Here's an audio clip to what I'm talking about. That sounds exactly like my engine bay. This clip was taken when the car was idling at around 650. Does it sound normal?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenxin/...in/photostream

 

Anyone? Help is appreciated

 

try changing out the tranny fluid back to nissan oem tranny oil, our cars only like that. see if that helps any and remember to change out the differential oil as well.

 

The tranny has nothing to do with the serpentine belts so its just in your head. When changing the belts you have to loosen the pulley bolt and also the tension adjustment from the bottom. Maybe he didn't tighten the pulley bolt enough? If so, there may be damage from spinning but its hard to tell without looking at it.

 

The entire pulley came off. Yeah I might be paranoid. I bought this car used, I still have to do the 50k maintenance stuff. Does my engine sound normal?

And @ Jiggawuah, Maybe its the temperture change, It went from 80's to like 50's in 1 week here. But when I changed it to redline shifting was butterly smooth.

 

^ yeah maybe.. but a lot of people have rough shifts after using anything but oem tranny oil after a while.. dunno why..

 

I don't know if that is 'normal' or not but it sounds exactly like my 06 6MT coupe and a lot like my 07 G35x. Both have sounded like that since I got them. No trouble with either one. 87k on the coupe, about 65k on the X.