Originally Posted by distantpulse
Sorry about the misfortune Brett! That caused a crazy amout of damage! 
This is scary scary stuff guys!! 
I have to be honest, I am now afraid to drive my car the way it stands now. It all makes sense to me about the bearing not being able to handle the increased RPM's and it seems like this is happening to a lot of you guys.......I really hope someone comes up with a quick solution!
Thanks Chris - yeah, the damage caused by the LET pinball (formerly LET idler pulley) sucked big time. I realize that's a freak thing... it just as easily could've missed anything vital, and it simply would've been a "replace the seized bearing, and replace the chewed up water pump" job. As it was, it was around $2,200ish for the tow and repair... $2,200 that could've gone towards more mods instead! (sigh)