I have finished my 2 weeks of physical therapy on my wrist and tendon issue and there has definitely been an improvement. I wear a hard plastic split on my arm overnight and there is no more pain like I had before. Throughout the day it is less stiff and painful as well, so I am very happy.
I picked up the car from the mechanic last night. Turns out the idler pulley went bad and sort of exploded, shooting its bearings out which knocked the serpentine belt off. That would explain the racing noises I heard, which would have been the bearings going out. Then the clunk which was the idler pulley exploding. They said everything else looked fine, no damage was found. The repair was surprisingly inexpensive.
On the way home the power steering pump was making some bad noises so I checked the fluid level when I got home and it looked almost empty. There was some fluid that got sprayed around inside the engine compartment that I noticed before I had the car towed to the mechanic. I'll just add some more fluid and I'm pretty sure that will solve the problem.
It is still a pain in the butt to get a car repaired that is barely driven.
That trip to the car Dr. went well! Also....Good report on the wrist area. Dad
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