First I want to know if anyone has tried and had any luck replacing the bearing in the tensioner on a 2.0? Second are these still available and what might I expect to pay for the whole unit?
I think you can find one on rockauto.com.
Will check them out, Thanks
i got mine from work. (O'reillys) let me know if you want me to get the part numbers
Autozone.com Price 36.99 http://www.autozone.com/Ntt,Timing%20Tensioner/shopping/allResults.htm;jsessionid=40285C5E391B31FA9CA753E2BFDA8B08 (http://www.autozone.com/Ntt,Timing%20Tensioner/shopping/allResults.htm;jsessionid=40285C5E391B31FA9CA753E2BFDA8B08) hope this helps.
Thanks everybody, I drive by an Autozone on way to work, will stop in and see what kind of quality they are carrying. I turn this thing up past 7,000rpm at times and I don't need china shrapmetal flying around the engine compartment ;D
Hey,
Another option, BAT Ltd. (British American Transfer) in Florida. The online catalog for S2000 road racing engines (Pinto SOHC) shows a tensioner for about $40. It'll last!
Pintosopher
Quote from: 75bobcatv6 on January 14, 2009, 02:00:23 AM
Autozone.com Price 36.99 http://www.autozone.com/Ntt,Timing%20Tensioner/shopping/allResults.htm;jsessionid=40285C5E391B31FA9CA753E2BFDA8B08 (http://www.autozone.com/Ntt,Timing%20Tensioner/shopping/allResults.htm;jsessionid=40285C5E391B31FA9CA753E2BFDA8B08) hope this helps.
This comes up as drill bit and tap set ????? Don't know what it has to do with a tensioner. It is listed as a Comp Cam tensioner
lol your right I see that now. I had a whole list of parts saved from working on someone elses pinto a while back. let me see if i can find it on the list and see where we got the new one.
I can't find it on rockauto. autozone doesn't have it. BAT has it but its $70 O'Riley might have it as a special order still trying to find. But was wondering if anybody modified the 2.3 belt tensioner to work?
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Advance Auto part #9010
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/s.a.-gear-belt-tensioner-9010/18280709-P?searchTerm=timing+belt+tensioner#fragment-1 (http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/s.a.-gear-belt-tensioner-9010/18280709-P?searchTerm=timing+belt+tensioner#fragment-1)
Thank you I took it off it's actually my distributor is making the noise the timing belt tensioner is good but I'm going to order one anyways
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The tensioners can be made to be rebuildable, but it's not easy to do without access to a machine shop. The "billet" aftermarket ones for 2.3s are simply stock brackets with a different wheel and axle that can be bolted together.