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Idler pulleys...bearings replaceable?

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Old 01-19-09 | 11:17 AM
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I have heard that the bearings in the idler pulleys for the serpentine belt can be pressed out and replaced with locally available bearings in my 94 ls400. That would save a bunch of bucks.
Anyone know if this is the case?
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yes it can be pressed out and in, in fact you can just place a socket of equal size or tad smaller and hammer it out,
heres for the tensioner pulley bearing # 6203 you got to get the sealed metal bearing code zz so its 6203zz about 6 bucks
for the idler pulley its # 6301zz for metal sealed bearing

theres also rubber sealed which is cheaper
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FWIW, a serpentine tensioner pulley (Goodyear) is $21 at AutoZone. The Stealer quoted me $121.
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Originally Posted by bicol-ini
yes it can be pressed out and in, in fact you can just place a socket of equal size or tad smaller and hammer it out,
heres for the tensioner pulley bearing # 6203 you got to get the sealed metal bearing code zz so its 6203zz about 6 bucks
for the idler pulley its # 6301zz for metal sealed bearing

theres also rubber sealed which is cheaper
thanks for the help.
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