Postby smj999smj » Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:20 am
It should be quiet when you spin the pulley. If you feel or hear any roughness, grinding or squeaking, it may be a bad bearing. If you have decent mechanical skills and the tools to do it, it's not a hard job, but, of course, that's all subjective to the individual. Make sure you get a couple of new banjo bolt washers and use red P/S fluid or ATF (i.e. Dexron III/Mercon, Valvoline Maxlife ATF, NissanMatic Type "D" ATF or P/S fluid). If you need access from the side, you may find some if you remove the front passenger wheel and plastic wheel well liner, although I don't believe you'll needed. You'll need to drain the coolant to remove the upper rad hose to be able to get the fan shroud and electric fan out of the way (as well as the skid plate to remove the lower shroud cover and detach the trans cooler lines from the shroud). Torque the banjo bolt to spec (I think it's around 50 lb-ft, but check the service manual to be sure, which you can access by clicking on the "service manuals" tab at the top of the page).