Tensioner Pulley replacement
Discussion
Hedgehopper said:
You might be able to press out the bearing and just replace that...haven't tried it though.
Did that when I had my "serp" Chimaera, from memory the bearing is sort of moulded in, you may have to trim a little plastic off to get it out ?Get numbers off old bearing and find new one, probably about a fiver
Mine was making a hell of a noise. Took it off thinking I would press out the bearing, take the number and buy a replacement from a bearing specialist at minimum cost. Trouble was the old bearing had seized solid and was turning in the pully bearing housing. Bought a new unit from Racetech. Expensive but lot quieter now!
Pupp said:
Increase the budget slightly and invest in a JE alternator bracket to do away with the useless piece of crap and save significant weight/space. Added bonus of posting rights in the 'this is the way the tensioner clamp fits' debate. No brainer!
Could the engine or auxillaries be damaged if the if the belt was set to tight ?. Why is it the tensioner pulley moves when I rev the car ? The strain needs to go somewhere ,not sure about fitting a fixed belt on all those pulleys .
SILICONEKID346HP said:
Pupp said:
Increase the budget slightly and invest in a JE alternator bracket to do away with the useless piece of crap and save significant weight/space. Added bonus of posting rights in the 'this is the way the tensioner clamp fits' debate. No brainer!
Could the engine or auxillaries be damaged if the if the belt was set to tight ? SILICONEKID346HP said:
Why is it the tensioner pulley moves when I rev the car ?
Because the belt is stretching slightly.SILICONEKID346HP said:
The strain needs to go somewhere ,not sure about fitting a fixed belt on all those pulleys .
So, don't fit one then. The tensioner clamp issue would only confuzzle anyways Next!
SILICONEKID346HP said:
Could the engine or auxillaries be damaged if the if the belt was set to tight ?. Why is it the tensioner pulley moves when I rev the car ?
The strain needs to go somewhere ,not sure about fitting a fixed belt on all those pulleys .
Not again Daz look Daz no tensioner and if it's good enough for Honda revving to 7k + The strain needs to go somewhere ,not sure about fitting a fixed belt on all those pulleys .
Edited by Sardonicus on Thursday 17th April 21:42
Sardonicus said:
SILICONEKID346HP said:
So what`s the attraction ?
Simplicity & neatness I replaced my sprung tensioner four years ago and the bearing on that replacement has just started to become noisy on cold start.
It quietens up after a minute or so but I'm seriously thinking about going the JE route rather than just fit another sprung tensioner which aren't great quality in my opinion.
I dont see the sprung tensioner as essential anyway, its only advantage is idiots cant over tighten the belt, a JE bracket with the belt correctly tensioned will be fine.
Obviously over tensioning could lead to alternator bearing failure but a simple adjust/check using the old school 90 degree twist between thumb & forefinger on the longest run and I really can't see a problem.
Can someone tell me how much the JE bracket is and if the same length belt is used please?
If it's a reasonable price I'm going to bin the short lived poor quality sprung tensioner
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