Thread: Drive Belt Wearing very quickly!!

I bought an idler pulley of the same dimensions from a bearing supplier.

Originally Posted by winaje

Assuming that it's the same as my 2000 model TD5, if you remove the bolt that holds the pulley to the tensioner, you will find that the pulley is held together by 3 rivets. It is possible to drill these rivets out, then separate the halves of the pulley. You will find that a new bearing is around $10, and is a common unit held in stock in bearing suppliers. You will also need 3 low profile nuts and nylocs. Total cost for me was about $15, much better than the $200ish quoted from the stealer for a complete tensioner assembly. It's a little fiddly, but easily doable with a little time.

yer ill keep it in mind for next time but i this one was beyond any sort of fix..

all seems well now the tensioner is dead still while running allot better then the massive jumping the previous one was doing not surprising since is wasn't rotating haha.

thanks for the help everyone