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Hi Guys/Girls,

 

My AC idler pulley is making a bad noise and needs replacing.

 

Where is the best place to buy a replacement from? How much am I looking at?

I had a quick look on eBay but there doesn't seem to be much.

 

 

 

It looks a bit like this thing on the right:

 

 

Car is a 2001 Subaru Liberty B4.

 

Cheers.

[Ben_20EJT]

Nuline ep136

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Cheers Ben. Buying now.

[SAV84C]

How much are that at Bursons benny? I think mine is starting to go

[CodeBurn3r]

Tom, just go to Pick a Part and grab one from a Gen1..

Will cost you like $2 and you get a nice metal one instead of the shit plastic ones that later models came with..

I did this for Ash.. and he loves it. 

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Too late, Ty. Already ordered one.

 

Also, it's not the pulley that failed, it was the bearing. So it didn't matter if it was plastic or not. 

 

 

(Ahh, I think you're talking about the thing that's snapped in the first photo, I'm talking about the pulley and bearing)

[CodeBurn3r]

nah i know what you meant.. but the Gen3+ have a plastic pulley
the Gen 1 and 2 have Metal Pulley wheels and as such the bearings last longer (better heat dissipation from the bearing itself).

[Beckers]

My gen3 had a steel type one, the replacement was plastic.

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Mine died last week. Original was plastic, replaced with the NuLine EP136. It is a lot heavier than the plastic one of course, but a nice product. Australian made apparently. 

[Blackduck30]

As far as i know the plastic ones have the bearing moulded into the pulley and are not servicable.

I changed over to the earliersteel unit that you can press the bearing out if needed