mtg

Did a search and found several emails regarding a procedure to replace the serpentine belt tensioner bearing with a SNR 6203.FT150 bearing. These emails were written in 2004 and I was wondering if anybody has experienced any NEGATIVE results from doing this. I ordered the whole assy from Blau but it is out of stock. I am very tempted to cancel the order and buy a bearing and rebuild myself. Current search for that bearing is - Dalton Bearing at (706) 629-1336. Price is $24.33 each.
Mark near Chicago with a noisy serp. bearing

kday

No noise evident from the bearing in my case. Just a lot of jitter when the AC was on. Perhaps this was an excess of caution, but the spring was over 10 years old anyway, and a failure could take out the timing belt. If I remember correctly, someone here had a crack develop in the casting of the tensioner, which could have been ugly.

Just food for thought.

ThetaTau87

I'm not doubting it, I'm just wondering how that would happen. I've never had the front of my engine apart yet, but isn't the timing belt covered and protected from the serp belt and road debri?

3fordasho

between the crank pulley and timing cover, damaging the cover and getting into the timing belt. This can happen when the serp belt tensioner fails.

emmett03

Mines on its way out. no problems till the AC comes on. price?

kday

$175 last summer. Dealer only AFAIK.

|skolnick

I've been running one with a replaced bearing for a couple years now. No problems.

mtg

Thanks, I'll give it a shot next weekend. Mark

kmv3

is that the noise i hear i kept thinking it was a water pump it does get worse when you i turn the ac on and it is a bearing that can be replaced with out the whole assym