There is always rust...

 

Yes. Haha.

 

Well last week I started to get a frequent squeal from the drive belts. I figured it was one of the pulleys up front. I have been overdue on replacing my belts for some time now, and figure I would dig into it.

I started to remove the power steering belt and found the tensioner pulley was locked up solid.
It had no movement at all. So that was a quick find I thought.

Here is a pic of it. On the older style, you can actually service it and remove the bearing and install a new one. Kind of nice, rather than having to get a whole new unit.








So when I called to get the bearing, they said they had a whole new pulley. Hmmmmmm. So I had them send one up.

It was the newer style without the removable bearing. Has a smaller inner diameter. This can work, as the arbor/bolt that holds the pulley uses a bushing spacer to make up the difference.

I tried to get the new one to work but just could not seem to get it spaced right, and was taking forever. Plus I had to drive it home in a few hours.



Here you can see the bushing sitting on the battery.




Check out the tightening bolt. It was all chewed up. So I went ahead and replace that.


Two different bolts, old style on left and new style on right. It's hard to tell but at the base they are different.


Got the arbor press out.


Removed the retaining clip




Shhhhh. I used a ford hub socket on the bottom.


Slid out like butter surprisingly






Had some green paint left over. Why not




Here's the replacement bearing if anyone needs it.


Got me home last night.

 

Good stuff.

 

Nice work, sounds like you caught it just in time! Thanks for posting up the differences between the older style tensioner and the newer style.

 

I've had to replace a couple of those as well and kelvins went out on his runner.excellent pics and info.I like the paint!

 

I had a bearing to go out and Toyota only sells the complete assembly. It is expensive!!!! Luckily I knew the bearing could be swapped out. Great write up.

 

Nice info Gizler00. I had no clue the bearing could be swapped out.

 

Thanks

No problem ED!

Thanks Chris!

I can only imagine how much the assembly is from Toyota.

Thanks man.

 

What's up Mark! Haven't heard from you in awhile, you must be busy! Hope everything is going good!

 

Hey Ed! Yes very busy.

Ill post up more info in the build for a buddy thread.

There is a threat for snow in the area tonight and the Temps are drastically dropping this evening and will not break 35 degrees here for the rest of the week. So I have been scrambling to get things done.

I had to change out my rear diff fluid and add some LS additive. The locker was getting really noisy. I also want to change out my radiator but looks like that is going to have to wait.

 

I hear ya, winter is fast approaching, I'm kind of surprised we haven't got snow yet, temp is supposed to be in the teens at night this week and mid-30's during the day...not looking forward to it, AUUgh!

 

Last winter was long, I hope we all catch a break this winter and it not be so bad. Not looking good at this time.

 

Cold and windy here!!

 

I hear you there ED! We got some Ice the other night and a dusting of snow. Its been in the teens for the low and 30-31 for the high. Not looking forward to winter at all this year!

 

It did seem like it lasted forever last year. I typically do not mind winter when there is a gradual decrease in temps, but seems like here in the midwest we go straight from the oven into the freezer.

It was super windy here yesterday which made it feel way colder than it already was! Its not too bad this morning as the wind has calmed down.

 

Hope your doin well bud,cold and windy here,been burnin wood a lot n the shop to keep things from freezing.

 

Thanks chris! Doing great just super busy still. We were away for the holiday and got caught up in that Midway Airport BS and did not get home till 1:50am Monday morning. Bed at 3, then up at 6am for work. Still tired today.

 

You just reminded me why I don't like flying. I hope I never ride in another plane again. Jason in tn is flying for the first time in his life today and I am interested in his thoughts on flying. It used to be okay but now is a pain in the rear in my opinion.

 

Hey Terry! You got that right! It is a total pain in the rear to fly anymore. I absolutely hate it. Never fails, something always goes wrong and we get delayed.