Driving down the road, and I hear a loud thump,pull into the gas station, pop the hood and see a pulley sitting crooked. Look down and theres no longer an a/c belt as well. Just curious as to what pulley this is and what i can do to fix it. Car runs fine just not sure what snapped on it. Any help is appreciated.

 

That is the A/C idler pulley.

I have heard of the bolt snapping off like that. See if you can extract it and replace it with a new OEM one.

Until it gets hot again and you need A/C, it can wait to be replaced.

 

Awesome. So there is no harm in driving it without it? Nice to hear. I thought i would have to store it for the winter a tad early. Thanks for the reply.

 

just make sure your alternator belt is still there. If you still have two belts you are good.

 

Yeah both other belts are still intact and in place.