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Doesn't sound good to me. I'll look at mine in a few minutes and get back to you.On my idler the pulley can move slightly side to side (rocking not sliding laterally) but no radial play and not noisy.
Normal or on it's way out?
Doesn't sound good to me. I'll look at mine in a few minutes and get back to you.
Okay that clarifies it a little. I didn't try to take the belt loose, but with tension on the belt, there's only a very slight amount of play. I changed my Burb's idler pulley last summer, when it started squealing.
If you change it, be careful not to lose the aluminum spacer washer that goes with it. That needs to be reinstalled, the same way that it was on. I'll probably replace the tensioner in the next several months; it seems a little loose to me. No noise from it yet though.
In my experience, the idler/ tensioner start making noise (the bearings); when they wear out. On mine, I heard the noise, suspected what it was, and looked under the hood while it was running. Idler pulley is up top so easy to hear it. Not a problem to replace if you have it available. Just be careful about the washer because it spaces the pulley correctly. And use anti seize on the bolt, since it screws into the aluminum accessory bracket.
You just did a much more difficult job, this one is easy!
Don't know if this link >> https://www.google.com/search?q=ser...2j69i60l2.14841j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
will work, but seems that pulleys can be bought on their own.
Regretting now that I didn't pop it off and check the dimensions - a job for later now it's stopped snowing.
The tensioner, is a pulley with a bolt through it, mounted on a spring loaded arm that mounts to the acessory bracket. My original tensioner pulley never really failed, but I was starting to suspect it, as I noticed a bit of movement in the bearing. Upon disassembly I could feel spots of resistance while turning the bearing by hand, so it was a good call to replace it. The replacement pulley has a bit of play in the bearing just like the original high-miles pulley.... maybe even more. I only replaced the tensioner pulley, not the whole tensioner..... both are available. I've read that sometimes the bolt through the tensioner pulley will strip the threads out of the tensioner arm, but I did not have that issue.