Serpentine Belt Tensioner - Manuel VS Spring

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Jul 14, 2011 | 10:09 PM

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lucky131969

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.........and to the OP......after reading all that nonsense above......go buy a stock tensioner.....and drive...

Jul 14, 2011 | 10:12 PM

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Guys does the following pics look like evidence of a crank pulley failure?

I have replaced my crank pulley twice already. Both times after chasing down the squeak noise.

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Jul 14, 2011 | 10:18 PM

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No sarcasm intended(rare...i know).....but based on the alignment of the belt to the balancer........what conclusion do you come to?

Jul 14, 2011 | 11:59 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lucky131969

No sarcasm intended(rare...i know).....but based on the alignment of the belt to the balancer........what conclusion do you come to?

I took a straight edge to the outside of my new tensioner pulley and it alligned with the outside edge of the balancer.

So does this pretty much mean i am not having a Balancer failure?

My previous tensioner lines looked something like the following picture.

You will see the notch on the right is about in the the middle of the 2 on the left.

My new pulley the notch is very close to the middle notch on the left.

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Jul 15, 2011 | 12:13 AM

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.........and to the OP......after reading all that nonsense above......go buy a stock tensioner.....and drive...

I went with the 2005 tensioner.

Jul 15, 2011 | 12:34 PM

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It doesn't look like it has failed. The inner hub would be sticking out further than the outer ring on the balancer if it had failed. Yours appears to be in line.

Peter