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Hull pressure depth will be reached in 10 feet... hydraulics restored! Damn - finally got it! Just hope there weren't any neighbor kids playing outside ;) I'da probably made my son and his Marine buddies blush. I took off the bottom splash shield and managed to get the belt over the bottom...

All right, I'm about to take a sledgehammer to this POS! How the F*** did you guys get that serpentine belt back on? I've been working at it for two hours, and just about busted to damn tensioner pulley trying to pry the belt back on with a screwdriver. I got the pulley pushed up as far as I...

I took the tensioner pulley off, and the bearings in it are shot. The idler pulley bearings are shot as well, but I'm having trouble getting the bolt off. The torque spec is only 22ft-lb, but I can't get it off even with a cheater bar. I guess I'll let the engine cool for a few hours and try...

My idler bearing is definitely shot - lots of play with the belt off. So how do you remove/replace the idler bearing? Are special tools required? And how did you get the idler pulley bolt loose? I can't budge it with a cheater bar - the whole engine is shifting! It's not reverse thread, is it?

It appears to be the drive belt auto-tensioner. I can see the bolt holding that sucker on moving all over the place when the AC kicks on. Funny thing, it was fine when I first started the car and even after letting it idle with the AC running for about 10 minutes. It didn't start making the...

Hey everyone, I'm getting a loud rattling sound (can be clearly heard through the right front wheel whenever the AC kicks on. Inside the engine bay, it sounds like it's coming from near the firewall down low, where the serpentine belt is. I've read about the belt tensioner going on this car...

I'd love to get a Progress RSB, but I just dropped 2 grand on some Gladiator products for organizing my garage, so I guess it'll have to wait a bit.

So I repositioned the strut bearing housing nub as stated above, and loosened and retorqued the lower shock mount bolt with the vehicle on the ground. I didn't hear any more rubbing noise, and I only heard one clunk when getting onto the street from my driveway. Couldn't make any noises crop up...

I can't say for sure, but it seemed like my lug nuts were looser than they should be on the right front. Weird, because that was one of the first things I checked when I was hearing odd sounds earlier. All of the other nuts/bolts from the front shock install are OK. One thing I did notice is...

I also noticed when I check the rear torque specs that the rear sway bar was shifted to one side about 1/2 inch. I could easily pry it back to center just using one of my wrenches. I thought these things weren't supposed to shift like that? From looking at the pics in the service manual, it...

You too, huh? I rechecked the torque on my rears and that clunking has gone away, at least for now. Now I'm getting a clunking in the front. It seems like it only happens when I take off after coming to a quick stop, i.e. a rolling stop followed by a quick start doesn't do it. It's like...

Just saw the 2010 wheels on a metallic gray RX-8. I have to say those wheels look awesome on the 8, but don't do a whole lot for me on the 3.

With that treadwear rating, if they're toast after 15K miles, you might want to check your alignment.

Add me to the list of those who like them better than before. I don't think I'd feel the same if it weren't a 5-spoke, but those Enkeis look great!

I think he did springs too.

Hmm -my stereo LCD backlight also started pulsing. I'm also hearing a strange high-pitched jingling noise from the right front of the car once I get above 60 - it sounds like it's from the wheel well area. I just replaced my springs and struts, but I can't think of any component I...

Hey ohioan, Make sure your sensor actually clicks into place. I had the ABS problem on mine as well - it turns out that when I was doing the 'jack trick' to get my strut out of the control arm, I must have been making contact with the abs connector. One side of it flared out a bit, and it...

That pic is too cool - looks like a diorama. Is that car only 2" tall?

Let's see now... AP Tuning ... should that be in the MS3 ECU Issues and Tuning forum or the MS3 Forced Induction forum? (uhm)

The nuts on each end of the front stabilizer and the bushing nuts are all 30-40 ft-lbf.