Lexinky

The idler pulley for my serpentine drive belt was failing, and I priced new ones for $50 to $75 ! ! !

I found just the bearing......... a 6301 double sealed Nachi brand on ebay for $10.

I had to knock the old one out of my pulley and pressed the new one in with the old bearing and then a properly sized socket to finish the last bit my bench vise.

It took maybe 10-20 minutes of effort to install the new one.

It's like brand new.

Saved me some $$$$$$

Maybe this will save someone else some too.

timmy0tool

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good news! thanks for the heads up. now i just hope i remember this when the time comes. how did you know it was failing? play in the bearing? leaks?

LScowboyLS

you can do basically the same trick with your Idle Air Control Valve (IACV) and take the cost down to around $50 rather than $800+