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Are my pullies worn out (pic included)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRBO VNM" data-source="post: 10131501" data-attributes="member: 14678"><p>consider yourself lucky and anyone else who has had them last over, lets say about 50k miles. I personally think the issue with the factory is because of water getting on them and in the bearings. Even though I thought they were sealed bearings. either way, I have never seen an aftermarket idler fail like the factory and the only failures I have seen with aftermarket are the bearings. I will take spending money on new bearings any day over the risk of spending hundreds replacing parts because a steel idler splits.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>BF bearings aren't bad. I have had BF and RR idlers. no issues with either and before someone says anything about me being a dealer for BF, I am a dealer for lethal as well and direct with RR and Metco, so I can get any idler out there. My personal experience is with BF and RR and never had problems with either.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I highly recommend using a press, but a socket and hammer works fine as well. you need to make sure the bearing goes in straight.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have seen then go bad as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These companies making aftermarket idlers do not make the bearings. Every company has failures and there could be other reasons the bearings may go bad and not just because the company making them has a bad batch or something (user error). Some of you making claims about places using bad bearings, show proof of it instead of just some internet post. Go do some proper testing/research on different bearings and report back your findings.</p><p></p><p>If I remember I will have to locate some different idlers and check out the part numbers for the bearings. how ironic would it be if they were the same bearing in different companys idlers. Then what would be the argument?</p><p></p><p>OP, once you start modding, the idlers should be changed for the simple fact of peace of mind. While yes, we know some have lasted, the likelihood is not that great that they will. Along with that they look like crap. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRBO VNM, post: 10131501, member: 14678"] consider yourself lucky and anyone else who has had them last over, lets say about 50k miles. I personally think the issue with the factory is because of water getting on them and in the bearings. Even though I thought they were sealed bearings. either way, I have never seen an aftermarket idler fail like the factory and the only failures I have seen with aftermarket are the bearings. I will take spending money on new bearings any day over the risk of spending hundreds replacing parts because a steel idler splits. BF bearings aren't bad. I have had BF and RR idlers. no issues with either and before someone says anything about me being a dealer for BF, I am a dealer for lethal as well and direct with RR and Metco, so I can get any idler out there. My personal experience is with BF and RR and never had problems with either. I highly recommend using a press, but a socket and hammer works fine as well. you need to make sure the bearing goes in straight. I have seen then go bad as well. These companies making aftermarket idlers do not make the bearings. Every company has failures and there could be other reasons the bearings may go bad and not just because the company making them has a bad batch or something (user error). Some of you making claims about places using bad bearings, show proof of it instead of just some internet post. Go do some proper testing/research on different bearings and report back your findings. If I remember I will have to locate some different idlers and check out the part numbers for the bearings. how ironic would it be if they were the same bearing in different companys idlers. Then what would be the argument? OP, once you start modding, the idlers should be changed for the simple fact of peace of mind. While yes, we know some have lasted, the likelihood is not that great that they will. Along with that they look like crap. lol [/QUOTE]
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