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Questions tagged [idler]

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Dust caps for idler pulley bearing?

Recently, I bought a brand new idler pulley for serpentine belt system. When I opened the package, it included the idler and its bolt (picture 3) + a plastic dust cap (picture 2) + a piece of cardboard (picture 1) which I'm not sure what should I do…
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Spongey Felt Like Dust Cover Instead of Dust Boot in Idler Arm for 2003 Hummer H2

I want to replace the idler arm. The new idler arm I bought made by Precision has this instead of a dust boot. Could I use this or do I need a dust boot?
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Do modern plastic idler pulleys have a small amount of play in them from new?

I just replaced my sepentine belt on my Hyundai accent, and I noticed there was a small amount of back and fourth play in the idler pulley in the direction of the pulley , orthagonal to rotation axis. My friend says that is actually normal for some…
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Identify and Locate Idler Pulley Assembly for Mercedes Benz MBE900

I am trying to identify and locate an idler spindle and pulley that will work on an Mercedes-Benz MBE900 engine, such as used in Freightliner/Thomas school buses and Freightliner and Sterling Trucks. My application is 2007 Thomas C2. The pulley is…
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Grease Won't Go through Zerk Fittings

I'm trying to grease the idler arm and idler arm bracket made by Precision. But when I squeeze the gun, grease oozes out of the end of the hose instead of going into the zerk fitting for neither the idler arm or idler arm bracket. I used this gun…
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The old idler pulley bolt doesn't fit the new one, what can I do?

Since my timing belt idler pulley was making noise, today I decided to replace it with a new one. When I installed the new bearing, I noticed that I can't use the old bolt to tighten it because it requires a shorter bolt. In fact, I run out of…
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