farcohollis1369

Does anyone know where to get a GOOD replacement pulley? Does any manufacturer make a good METAL pulley wheel?
Thanx!

Maj. Dundee

Which one are you changing, the Idler Pulley or the tensioner? And NO they are all plastic.

farcohollis1369

I had the idler pulley disintegrate on me a few days ago. The belt flew off and the ML quickly started to overheat! I caught it right away and stopped the car. It did steam a little but being 26 degrees out it cooled down quickly! Luckily, I was close to a parts store who had one left and I was able to fix it in a parking lot. I had a spare belt in the car. When i purchased the new pulley, it just seemed pretty cheaply made which got me wondering if a good aluminum wheel could be had. As the idler and tensioner pulley are identical, i think i may look into making a couple on a CNC machine. I'd rather not have this happen again.

Maj. Dundee

It's not the pulley wheel that fails, it's the bearing that fails.

fastnoypi

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FCPEuro

That upper idler is notorious for chewing up belts and spitting them out. I've seen some spectacular failures on those.

--Kyle