Belt tensioner bearing...

[Scott]

I changed the tensioner bearing today and what a pain in the ass that lock ring was on top of the bearing! It took me almost 3 hours to get it out, 1 min. for the bearing to come out, 1 min. for new in and 20 min. to get tensioner back on and new belt on. :banghead:. No more sqeeling. Next will be rear brakes.

 

[rovercanus]

Why"? Don't you have snap ring pliers?

 

[jhmover]

My thought exactly. Why:banghead: when you can get snap-ring pliers?

 

[post]

you could of bought the tensioner pulley from advanced auto for $25.

 

[crown14]

hey post the advance part number!

 

[post]

I just ordered this one from advance auto p/n 89006 a couple days ago.

 

[Scott]

I would have used them but there were no holes in the ring. They were angled bac to the side to make a point. I did try the pliers anyway but no joy. That is why the:banghead:. I had the bearing already when I found the thread about the Avanced part. There are no Advanced auto parts around here any way, I would have much rather bought a new pully and bearing. Oh well, it is finished. Maybe the guy with a thread about his tensioner has read this one.

 

[crown14]

OK we got the number for the tensioner pulley, how about the idler??

 

[mkronmal]

So, what IS the proper procedure for removing that rretaining ring, as it has no lug holes?

 

[garrett]

OK we got the number for the tensioner pulley, how about the idler??

89289 for a DI. Dayco.

 

[crown14]

garret thanks but look a little further down for my thread

 

[ptschram]

So, what IS the proper procedure for removing that rretaining ring, as it has no lug holes?

Pry it out whilst trying to keep it from going into your eye!

 

[Rovernaut]

Pry it out whilst trying to keep it from going into your eye!

Hence we all wear safety glasses don't we:victory:

 

[ptschram]

Hence we all wear safety glasses don't we:victory:

Curiously enough, when I had emergency eye surgery year before last, the eye doctor told me that safety glasses really don't help that much. I still wear mine when I'm in the shop.

 

[monkeyboy]

a) Had the O.D. pull a little piece of steel outta my eye last Fall and always wear my safety glasses now ... glad i had them on when he stopped by on Sunday ... his '95 Disco had died

b) Neither of the "snap rings" on my Disco or the 90 had holes in them for snap ring pliers :banghead: Judicious use of the drill press made a nice set of holes in both.

 

[apg]

Another one of Rover's 'brilliant' moves. Install a internal snap ring with no holes....

I guess it was their way of making the unit 'non-serviceable' or at least a PITA for the DIYer so you would have to buy the entire new assembly when you screwed it up and beat on it with a hammer in a rage....

The local non-chain hardware store had a complete selection of snap rings, so when I got the old out with a pointy tool, a for-real snap ring went in.

Cheers

 

[robertofollia]

I managed to move the closed snap-ring with a precision screwdriver and when the gap was wide enough, I inserted a real screwdriver there to take it off. Not a great PITA. It was in a RR, though.

 

[ajh]

Are the bearings in the tensioner the same as those in the idler pulley by any chance? If not does anyone know the part number for the tensioner pulley bearings? If I take it off and apart I'm stuck and unable to get to the store to pick them up.

 

[austin disco II]

is this the same part number for the dII? I found the bearing but now i would rather just buy the 25$ pully with it already in it. Its pretty embarrassing going throught the drive thru with that damn bearing noise!!!

 

[ajh]

No the D2 part is a different diameter. There's a part number in another thread. Can you tell me which bearing you got for the tensioner pulley? I've got a spare idler with new bearings fitted, if they're the same I'd rather just swap them over instead of waiting 2 weeks to get a new tensioner pulley.