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help! stripped threads where tensioner pulley bolts into. 1996 geo tracker. tightens but not enough. any suggestions?
(03-06-2017, 01:27 PM)Jerry Wrote: [ -> ]help! stripped threads where tensioner pulley bolts into. 1996 geo tracker. tightens but not enough. any suggestions?

a Helicoil™ fix is way more costly than a new water pump.


http://www.repairengineering.com/helicoil.html
in fact most shops do the pump at belt time
they are near same life spans.... is why. (under the logic , why do the job twice?)