An idler pulley shattered and threw my drive belt. YAY!

What a fucking day. First, the A/C just fails. After leaking something through the floor vents for a couple days, the A/C just stops pushing cold air. Leak? Compressor? Fuck.

Then, minutes later we take a tight turn and suddenly the van doesn't want to turn. We pull over immediately. Turns out, the upper idler pulley shattered and threw the drive belt off.

Thankfully we got in a parking spot at a Wendy's in a commercial area. The staff has been awesome. Even offering us hot water and a free lemonade. The police rolled up the morning after and were totally cool with it, although I was not there while it happened.

After gobs of research it looks like the pulley needs to be ordered. Replacement belt already acquired.

The funny part is that I'm fifteen minutes away from a friend who could definitely help, but I'm don't think she's willing to. Maybe the only truly disappointing part of this situation. Fingers crossed.