Idler pulley bolt size?

[DonovanJM]

Did Ford change the size of the idler pulley bolt? I had modified my power steering pump bracket to put a Saginaw pump in there but it was leaking and I'm going back to stock so I went and got a new bracket from the junkyard and get everything on and go to put the idler pulley on and the bolt is way to small. Just slides in and out of the hole. I hope it's just not super duper stripped because I really don't want to have to take everything apart again.
Thank you

 

[Josh B]

I have at least one loose but mine are both 4.0 :/

 

[Bgunner]

I know the 3.0 went through a couple generational changes over the years but am unsure about the pully drive system. Many parts are not interchangeable unless you match the generation.

What year did you get the parts from?

 

[DonovanJM]

I know the 3.0 went through a couple generational changes over the years but am unsure about the pully drive system. Many parts are not interchangeable unless you match the generation.

What year did you get the parts from?

I'm not entirely positive. I think it was a 2001 or 2002. I didn't think that the bolt sizes would change when everything else on the bracket was the same. The tensioner pulley bolt got bigger as well. Luckily I left that on when I took the bracket. The idler was already gone though so I wasn't able to take it.

 

[Josh B]

I use a camera with the flash on to see into places I cannot see otherwise.
Maybe you could check and see what the threads look like and maybe find a bolt that fits