That's called an eye bolt. The part number is 027 260 937. It's present on my '85 and it does make adjusting belt tension a breeze. It's missing on my '84, however, and I secure the compressor with a standard nut and bolt through the front of the bracket on that one. Mike
Jean-Woo Kim wrote: > As part of a head gasket replacement job, I was removing the A/C compressor > on my 87 Westy with 2.1 WBX and found that the tensioning bolt had been > sitting alone. The receiving nut/bracket mounting is missing entirely. I > imagine the part was shaped like a cylinder with threaded hole in the > middle. I don't know how it kept tension on the A/C belt because A/C was > working fine. Does anyone have this part? I am willing to pay for it. Or > could someone take a picture of it so that I can try to fabricate one? > > J-W > |
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