[Shotimes] idler pulleys

[Jason Hartberger]

Nope, they were both smooth cos the flat side goes on both of them, but one
had a huge honker of a bearing assembly versus the other one, which had jes'
a wee bit 'o balls. I was just wondering if that made any difference.

Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] idler pulleys


> On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:05:22 -0400, Jason Hartberger wrote:
>
> >Turns out it was the lower idler pulley, and it looked different than
> >the upper, but it had same OD, so I said screw it and put the new upper
pulley
> >where the lower pulley went. Will my engine explode now?
>
> I think one is flat and one has 'tread' on it to match the inside of the
belt.  But
> they both should work either place.  Sometimes you can get the bearing/hub
assembly
> out of one and swap it into the other.
>
> My T-bird Turbo had two belts, and two spring loaded idlers, one with
tread and one
> smooth.  The smooth one, for the alt and wpump broke one day (loooong
ago!)...I had
> my tools and swapped them...it ran fine w/o a/c until I replaced it.  This
should do
> the same.
>
> George
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