Tensioner pulley

SkurdalenFox · 02-20-2006, 10:52 AM

I've got a 93 five liter with a squeaking tensioner pulley.

Will this fit?
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...0%201&comp=LRS

Or do I have to get this?

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...0%201&comp=LRS

One_live95 · 02-20-2006, 11:54 AM

if it is just the pulley itself..... i have one laying around... or you can go to te parts house and pick up the idler pulley and use it as the tensioner pulley.... I have noticed no difference.

but i have a sn95

good luck, and i haven't seen you post before so WELCOME

jason

SkurdalenFox · 02-20-2006, 01:22 PM

Thanks,

The pulley is the only problem, the bearing has become noisy in the past few months.

Is the belt width/rib number the same between 93 and 94/95? Is the pulley the same diameter?

I don't want to have to buy the whole tensioner assembly, just a pulley.

One_live95 · 02-20-2006, 01:41 PM

both should be 6 rib belts.... usually the overall diameter of the pullies are the same.... if worse comes to worse, you would prolly just have a tighter belt.

jason

jwillburn119 · 02-20-2006, 01:53 PM

well... the idler is on a spring... so as long as it turns it will work... and it will only get as tight as the spring is, so the belt wont be any tighter... the idler arm just wont go in as far... but you have like 7 inches of play... so i wouldnt worry about the diameter, just weather the bearing will fit in place of the other one... but go to oreilly first... they had all the 87-93 and not the 94-95 pullets

One_live95 · 02-20-2006, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwillburn119

well... the idler is on a spring... so as long as it turns it will work... and it will only get as tight as the spring is, so the belt wont be any tighter... the idler arm just wont go in as far... but you have like 7 inches of play... so i wouldnt worry about the diameter, just weather the bearing will fit in place of the other one... but go to oreilly first... they had all the 87-93 and not the 94-95 pullets

a spring builds tension the further it is compressed etc. so i think it will be little bit tighter with a larger pulley. The pulley is the same 87-93 &94-95 i am sure. so whatever.

jason

SkurdalenFox · 02-20-2006, 03:13 PM

Thanks for the help guys.

I went back to the parts store. This time they looked for an idler pulley rather than a tensioner pulley, and they found the proper year pulley without the tensioner assembly.

No more squeaking.

02-20-2006, 10:52 AM	#1
SkurdalenFox Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 463	Tensioner pulley I've got a 93 five liter with a squeaking tensioner pulley. Will this fit? http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...0%201&comp=LRS Or do I have to get this? http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...0%201&comp=LRS

02-20-2006, 11:54 AM	#2
One_live95 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dothan Posts: 617	Re: Tensioner pulley if it is just the pulley itself..... i have one laying around... or you can go to te parts house and pick up the idler pulley and use it as the tensioner pulley.... I have noticed no difference. but i have a sn95 good luck, and i haven't seen you post before so WELCOME jason __________________ this-n-that, always wanting more....lol

02-20-2006, 01:22 PM	#3
SkurdalenFox Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 463	Re: Tensioner pulley Thanks, The pulley is the only problem, the bearing has become noisy in the past few months. Is the belt width/rib number the same between 93 and 94/95? Is the pulley the same diameter? I don't want to have to buy the whole tensioner assembly, just a pulley.

02-20-2006, 01:41 PM	#4
One_live95 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dothan Posts: 617	Re: Tensioner pulley both should be 6 rib belts.... usually the overall diameter of the pullies are the same.... if worse comes to worse, you would prolly just have a tighter belt. jason

02-20-2006, 01:53 PM	#5
jwillburn119 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: temple, tx Posts: 240	Re: Tensioner pulley well... the idler is on a spring... so as long as it turns it will work... and it will only get as tight as the spring is, so the belt wont be any tighter... the idler arm just wont go in as far... but you have like 7 inches of play... so i wouldnt worry about the diameter, just weather the bearing will fit in place of the other one... but go to oreilly first... they had all the 87-93 and not the 94-95 pullets __________________ Whats in your WALLET?

02-20-2006, 03:13 PM	#7
SkurdalenFox Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 463	Re: Tensioner pulley Thanks for the help guys. I went back to the parts store. This time they looked for an idler pulley rather than a tensioner pulley, and they found the proper year pulley without the tensioner assembly. No more squeaking.