[Shotimes] Idler tensioner pulley bearing revisted, yet again

[Steve Weinrich]

I posted this over at SHOForum yesterday, haven't gotten any feedback about the new part yet 

Need new bearings for both of the idler pulleys on my 89 (very badly, the car has been on jackstands since Saturday).  The 4-ribbed pulley was toast, the 6-ribbed pulley is noisy.

Following Paul N's (SHOZ123) advice, I had my local Ford store get a pair of the Gen III idler pulley part number F6DZ-8678-A from the local Motorcraft distributor in town this morning.

Went to pick them up and decided to open the package. Now I'm confused.

The part in the package is an idler assembly of some kind (he verified it was for the 3.4L SHO) but is of such a construction that I wasn't sure if it was the correct item to donate the bearing into my pulleys.

It does have a bearing somewhere inside the assembly on the 4-ribbed pulley, it also has a very stout spring. It looks like the center of the spring has a bushing that can be pressed out, but I don't want to ruin an overpriced part if I can help it.

I made a return trip to the parts department and took a few photos and posted them to a Photoisland album.

I would appreciate it if someone who has done the bearing swap would look at these pictures and tell me if I'm on the right track.

Otherwise, I'm going to need new gen 1 pulleys (new or used) ASAP.  If you have one or both, drop me an e-mail.

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Jan/2003179085947259741832.jpg

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Jan/2003177919435911565746.jpg

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Jan/2003172345728523225341.jpg

Steve