I had enough! After having the broken bolt problem twice in two years, I feel like I am driving a ticking bomb. Loosing power steering on an Ody EXL is pretty dangerous. Second time I watched the mechanic do it and religiously followed the steps.
So I would like to start a new thread to convert my Ody to the spring loaded one. I compared the 2008 parts to the 2013 ( when Honda has given up on the hydraulic one).
I feel that a compressor bracket from a 2013 Part Number: 38930-RV0-A00 might be able to replace the Part Number: 38930-RGM-A00 form 2008. Some of the bolt lengths are different, but the belt is the same, the compressor is the same, and the alternator from 2013 seems to have a pulley with "clutch", but other then that seems the same.
I am thinking to try the tensioner from 2013: Part Number: 31170-RV0-A01 ( which seems to be more expensive then the hydraulic one
Any thoughts? Can somebody confirm that the bracket from 2013 can be mounted on 2008?
PS. The only reason I chose 2013 is that it seems that in that year Honda has completely switched to spring loaded tensioner. The bracket and tensioner are the same between 2011-2017, so if anybody has parts from any of these years, that could also be used to test this.
So I would like to start a new thread to convert my Ody to the spring loaded one. I compared the 2008 parts to the 2013 ( when Honda has given up on the hydraulic one).
I feel that a compressor bracket from a 2013 Part Number: 38930-RV0-A00 might be able to replace the Part Number: 38930-RGM-A00 form 2008. Some of the bolt lengths are different, but the belt is the same, the compressor is the same, and the alternator from 2013 seems to have a pulley with "clutch", but other then that seems the same.
I am thinking to try the tensioner from 2013: Part Number: 31170-RV0-A01 ( which seems to be more expensive then the hydraulic one
Any thoughts? Can somebody confirm that the bracket from 2013 can be mounted on 2008?
PS. The only reason I chose 2013 is that it seems that in that year Honda has completely switched to spring loaded tensioner. The bracket and tensioner are the same between 2011-2017, so if anybody has parts from any of these years, that could also be used to test this.
