austinado16
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- Joined
- May 25, 2012
- Posts
- 611
- Reaction score
- 221
- Location
- Central Coast, CA
- First Name
- Todd
- Truck Year
- 1990 w/307k miles on the clock
- Truck Model
- GMC V1500 Suburban SLE
- Engine Size
- 5.7L TBI/4L60/3.42's
308,000mi and the original serp belt tensioner assembly broke in half, just above the pulley. WTH?
Fortunately it didn't happen during the 1,320mi round trip to the Grand Canyon 2 weekends ago. And... it didn't happen on the return trip to the Grand Canyon this past weekend, where I was towing my VW Rabbit Pickup on a tow dolly, so that I could leave one vehicle at the South Rim, drive the other to the North Rim, and then run across the canyon back to the South Rim. Literally, I was all loaded to leave, pulled away from the curb, heard a loud bang, and lost power steering and alternator. 5:30pm, but the local autozone had an AC/Delco tensioner assembly for $54, and a Continental belt for $36. It took longer to drive the 1 mile to the store, than to do the repair.
Fortunately it didn't happen during the 1,320mi round trip to the Grand Canyon 2 weekends ago. And... it didn't happen on the return trip to the Grand Canyon this past weekend, where I was towing my VW Rabbit Pickup on a tow dolly, so that I could leave one vehicle at the South Rim, drive the other to the North Rim, and then run across the canyon back to the South Rim. Literally, I was all loaded to leave, pulled away from the curb, heard a loud bang, and lost power steering and alternator. 5:30pm, but the local autozone had an AC/Delco tensioner assembly for $54, and a Continental belt for $36. It took longer to drive the 1 mile to the store, than to do the repair.
