Hello everyone,
I retired last year and dealer/shop mechanics don't fit budget any longer. My Altima has 90k bought new and all pre-retire sevice done by authorized mechanics, any when last est came in at 1900 for brakes and struts I thought time to pull out the tools and atleast attempt repairs on my own. I have done complete brake job and both front and rear struts myself. I have lately noticed at vibration at idle only and have done some reading with claims read as vaulty idler tensioner or vaulty alternator internal fan or possible motor mounts as issue to problem. I don't like to do guess work and felt I would reach out to your forum for some advise.
In the last 2 weeks my wife who is the main driver has voiced concerns that she has experienced no A/C output via control knobs and non-working radio and has seen ABS light on. So i read many more sites and D/L the manuals and find I did breed brakes in right order RR/LF/LR/RF but did not un-hook ground from battery , so I re-visit these steps and re-bleed. no ABS light seen 2 weeks.
I then goto tensioner and having read it is left hand threads have broken the bolt so I am unsure of left hand thread but tensioner is very smooth on rotation and belt looks fine on to the alternator I read it is ccw rotation and should only turn freely in that direction, but it turns freely in both directions.( Prior to belt removal battery is at 13.7 non running and 14 while running)Thinking lower voltage out put could impact these accessories and possible internal fan issue I point my inspection towards alternator but find no way or place that will validate the read ccw and info on internal fan issue that will point to the idle vibration.
Sorry for such a long winded post ,but I thought the more info would maybe pin down a more percise answer.
Thanks for any help