uss2defiant
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some of us went with gates belt tensioner w/ the 76/90.
one is smooth and one is ribbed.
one is smooth and one is ribbed.
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Very interesting!
Are you sure it was stock? Is there a part number on it? If it isn't OE then someone either must have put the wrong part on or at least changed the one 76mm pulley with the wrong one. What belt was or is on it now with the 90/90? Must be pretty tight if it was the factory 87.4.
My 02 was an early one (Nov 01 I think) and it had the OE 76mm plastic grooved /90mm metal flat. What's your build date? Driver side door sticker has that info.
FWIW and IMHO, I still would have gone with the intended size even if plastic. I think you are underestimating the power of that plastic. I think the spring in the tensioner will fatigue before the bearings in those pulleys wear out anyway.
All stock. I'll have to check but thinking the build is about the same time. Nobody has ever pulled that part till I did. Image attached of old part prior to pulling it off. Hard to be exact but you can see they are the same size.
Should be easy enough to release the belt and put on the other pulley if I had to but belt position is good, tension feels about right. Have to have a missed recall done so will ask them to check the tension "officially".
Very interesting!
Are you sure it was stock? Is there a part number on it? If it isn't OE then someone either must have put the wrong part on or at least changed the one 76mm pulley with the wrong one. What belt was or is on it now with the 90/90? Must be pretty tight if it was the factory 87.4.
My 02 was an early one (Nov 01 I think) and it had the OE 76mm plastic grooved /90mm metal flat. What's your build date? Driver side door sticker has that info.
FWIW and IMHO, I still would have gone with the intended size even if plastic. I think you are underestimating the power of that plastic. I think the spring in the tensioner will fatigue before the bearings in those pulleys wear out anyway.