I was going to do my routine oil level check yesterday and found my AC belt had turned completly around so the v notches were facing away from the pully. I looked at it for a second thinking to myself "how the hell did that happen" then I found this...



So I replaced the pulley tonight after work and started the car up and everything looked good, but I heard what I thought was my exhaust rattling. I looked under the back of the car and found this...





I thought the car felt a little lose going through the corners, lol. Never broke endlinks before.

 

Wow !?

 

My pulley did the same exact thing, melted. My buddy had the same issue happen on his Wagon. Pretty crazy you snapped your endlinks! Time for an upgrade

 

They were upgrades, lol. Think they were whitelines, could be wrong.

 

Oh damn lol

 

Wow, that sucks. I've never snapped an endlink, but somehow have snapped the bolt that connects it to the lateral link.

 

I think I remember Noah from LIC saying something about having to watch out when lowering your STi back down after the suspension has been lifted completely off the ground. I guess the Endlinks will flip over on them selves and will actually be turned the wrong way so when you do set the car back down your Endlinks will be resting on the control arms, So the after a few bumps they would just snap lol. I think It was only an STi problem, can't remember If It was a front end problem or the rear that would do that.

 

Plus those whiteline things are junk.

 

my 06 sti's bolt ripped its self right out of the endlink taking all threading with it.

how long do you think its been like that?

 

where did you get that pulley from? mine broke last year and i miss my a/c =[ i couldnt find the part anywhere online and gave up lol

 

That's probably what happened, just surprised that it hasn't happened before as much as I have the car up on stands.

Probably 2 weeks, lol.

I got it at autozone. Was $31.99 and in stock, the new pulley is made out of metal. I was able to salvage the threaded tightening mechanism that goes up and down the all threaded bolt that is used for tightening, so all I had to buy was the pulley. I could get you the part number tonight if you needed it, but they pulled it right out of there computer.

 

right rear tire is flat fyi=)

 

DAMN those are grade 8 iirc and the links are (oem) grade 5+.
It's crazy to snap either one!

 

35psi in it, they're not the best tires though.

 

Get a nice frame for them and hang it in the garage.