Idler Pulley on 3.2?

[swami]

hi all,
the bearings are getting noisy on my serpentine belt assembly and no one has one available including rockauto and the stealership. it is ford part# E9DZ6B217B. i haven't looked on fleabay yet. any suggestions aside from pressing in new bearings? TIA

 

[shopartsnw]

The correct bearing is not readily available. You can buy new bearings from SHO Source as a bearing only or have it installed in a good used pulley with a core exchange.

There are two different idlers on a 3.2, so make sure you get the correct one.

http://shosource.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=43_49

Mike

 

[swami]

yeah the stealership told me there was a 4-rib and a 6-rib! WTH i have a 6-rib; do you know the bearing number before i press my old one out? we having a bearing and transmission parts suppier in my town. TIA

 

[Phoenix]

yeah the stealership told me there was a 4-rib and a 6-rib! WTH i have a 6-rib; do you know the bearing number before i press my old one out? we having a bearing and transmission parts suppier in my town. TIA

That bearing is not listed in bearing shops , been there done that.

Only way to grab these is through SHONUT or SHOSOURCE.

Or a used one.

 

[rubydist]

yeah the stealership told me there was a 4-rib and a 6-rib! WTH i have a 6-rib; do you know the bearing number before i press my old one out? we having a bearing and transmission parts suppier in my town. TIA

The 4-rib and 6-rib is for the mtx cars. The atx cars obviously only have one 6-rib belt.

 

[swami]

thanks for the info. why didn't ford put the 6-rib on all of them and be done with it! com'on?

 

[SHOtimer]

PM sent.

I've tried to sell the ATX bearings on here before, I have a stock pile of NOS pulleys (both upper and lower)...

Doug

 

[artsho]

Doug,
I'll take one of each...

 

[Ashley_MTX]

thanks for the info. why didn't ford put the 6-rib on all of them and be done with it! com'on?

Because...it's Ford. Some things have turned out well...some things you will never see/hear about without going WTF?

 

[93MTXSHO_STUD]

a temp. fix would be to use a pick tool to remove the bearing seal and pack some grease in the bearing. I've done this many times with good results. I long time ago I had NSK stop their production line in Canada to make me some OEM bearings with the correct part numbers...don't know if they would still be willing to do that.

 

[swami]

well i finally got my new idler and belt installed and the bad news is that it only partially fixed my noise problem because my power steering pump is getting noisy. i guess i can live with it until i do the 100,000 maintenance.
for those interested the bearing part# is NSK BD20-15DWA and is available from bearing distributors for $38.50. HTH

 

[shonuffmine]

Are the bearings the same size on both idlers?

 

[swami]

NSK BD20-15DWA is for the top idler and tensioner. 35BG05S10G-2DS is for bottom ATX only. shonutperformance has them for $78.08 (ouch!) in their 60k section. HTH

 

[SHOtimer]

Are the bearings the same size on both idlers?

No, if you look at them they are completely different setup's

Doug

 

[SHOtimer]

well i finally got my new idler and belt installed and the bad news is that it only partially fixed my noise problem because my power steering pump is getting noisy. i guess i can live with it until i do the 100,000 maintenance.
for those interested the bearing part# is NSK BD20-15DWA and is available from bearing distributors for $38.50. HTH

I'm glad you got that new pulley/setup and it worked out for you.

I have my ATX torn down right now...the p/s pump is easy to get to when you are doing the timing belt and have the front of the motor and intake off fyi...

Doug

 

[Edward Birdsall]

Hey Shotimer, do you still have any NOS lower idler pulleys in that stock pile of yours from back in 2010? I'm looking to buy. I have a 94 SHO ATX w/AC. Thanks, Edward