Broken tensioner

[benmgsr]

Gday all,

After my weekend away 4wd'ing, (in my '86 BJ74, 13BT) there was a strange 'whiney' noise coming from my engine. After washing all the dirt off, i found the tensioner pulley for the power steering had sort of buckled to one side an was on an angle. The belt is half worn away and i dont know how i did approx 6-8hrs with it like this.....

Anyone know if there is a good replacement for these or has anyone got one lying around? or is it straight to TOYOTA?

Thanks

[RAY185]

It might just be a collapsed bearing. If the pulley itself is not damaged you might be able to press out the bearing and get the number off it for a replacement from any bearing supplier. Otherwise if you need a complete tensioner pulley you'll most likely have to get it from Toyota. Not much in the way of aftermarket pulleys for the 13BT.

[benmgsr]

thanks mate, ill pull it off and check it out

[benmgsr]

OK, turns out the bearings have completely smashed and the pulley was "hanging" in place.
TOYOTA says NO, so im trying to figure something out.

[RAY185]

Wrecker.

Or if the pulley itself looks like it's ok, take the whole thing to a bearing supplier and see if they can do anything with it.

Pic?

[benmgsr]

Yeah, after further investigation, the pulley is OK, ill see if i can get a replacement bearing. The pulley must be harder than the bracket it mounts upon, because it has dug out a chunk in the bracket!

ill get pic for ya soon