# Same as VE. by a belt that drives the WP and PS pump. nm

Posted by Matt (93SE) on September 12, 2002 at 14:39:03:

In Reply to: How is a VG WP driven? Broken gear holding up the t-belt? n/m posted by Jeff92se on September 12, 2002 at 11:48:57:

: : A friend of mine was coming over yesterday to do some work on his Maxima and it broke down about 5 miles from my house. I went to pick him up and check out his problem. He said he heard something fly off and then the car just quit. When I got there I noticed the water pump belt was gone and felt the other belts and they were WAY to tight. I mentioned that was probably why his belt broke and we towed it to my house and went and got new belts.

: : Here is the real bad news...
: : while I was putting the belts on I noticed that the water pump pulley was not aligned correctly so I pulled on it and it came right off...the belt was so tight that it broke the water pump shaft.
: : I told him that and he said another of his friends is a mechanic at Nissan and he put the pump on about 4 months ago (the second he put on for them...the first failed in about 6 months...probably because of over tightening too)

: : He said the car had been making a noise for about a week so I figured that the pulley was broken for that long and the car over heated and messed something up because it will not crank now and sounds funny when it turns over. I turned the crank by hand (well with a socket and wrench) and it would turn free for a little bit but then I would hear a clunk and it would get hard to turn (timing belt or broken crank?)

: : anyway he is getting that friend of his to pick it up and take it back to the Nissan place.

: : What is so bad is my friend said this guy was supposed to be one of the best mechanics there and he over thightened the belts and may have ruined his car.

: : here is a pic of the pulley and looking at the tip it doesnt look like a new break.

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: : : A friend of mine was coming over yesterday to do some work on his Maxima and it broke down about 5 miles from my house. I went to pick him up and check out his problem. He said he heard something fly off and then the car just quit. When I got there I noticed the water pump belt was gone and felt the other belts and they were WAY to tight. I mentioned that was probably why his belt broke and we towed it to my house and went and got new belts. : : : Here is the real bad news... : : : while I was putting the belts on I noticed that the water pump pulley was not aligned correctly so I pulled on it and it came right off...the belt was so tight that it broke the water pump shaft. : : : I told him that and he said another of his friends is a mechanic at Nissan and he put the pump on about 4 months ago (the second he put on for them...the first failed in about 6 months...probably because of over tightening too) : : : He said the car had been making a noise for about a week so I figured that the pulley was broken for that long and the car over heated and messed something up because it will not crank now and sounds funny when it turns over. I turned the crank by hand (well with a socket and wrench) and it would turn free for a little bit but then I would hear a clunk and it would get hard to turn (timing belt or broken crank?) : : : anyway he is getting that friend of his to pick it up and take it back to the Nissan place. : : : What is so bad is my friend said this guy was supposed to be one of the best mechanics there and he over thightened the belts and may have ruined his car. : : : here is a pic of the pulley and looking at the tip it doesnt look like a new break. : : : <img src="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Michael-H/pulley.jpg">