its over thanks

 

Yes, bearings are known to fail after 12 years of commercial use. It shouldn't be hard to find a good used tensioner arm, or just buy a new tensioner assy. from a Ford dealer. NAPA might even have them.

 

napa has them for a measly 36 bucks, entire assembly pulley and all, even the bolt comes with it



i just put it on a bit ago and its running good

the old one was completely trashed badly

didnt realize how much so until i got the new one this morning





thanks

 

ok i have another Q real quick


the idler pulley

shouldnt it be smooth and free spinning ?

it is not, it has a good amount of resistance

it will turn but it takes several fingers to do it

i assume its junk also
right

thanks

 

Yes it is toast you lucked out and cought it just in time. you can just replace the bearing if you want to save a few bucks.




Bruce

 

My pulley went on lockdown about 2 months ago and I replaced it and the idler pulley. My truck has 135k.

 

hi thanks ok, well its the company truck so im not spending or saving anything but i told him and he isnt going to worry about it right now yet

i told him they say that these bearings are only 12k mile service life

kinda surprised him of course

right now ive gotta take the brake rotors in to napa machine shop in the morning to see if they are junk or fixable or what

after replalcing the pads and calipers already, to no avail, still loud screeching


hmmm



thanks

 

The tensioner & idler pullies should spin freely with shop air from a blower tip.