Subject: Timing belts, w/p. How about idler pulleys?

["James M. Dean" <aes@mhv.net>]

I don't know about 20V's, but I just spent ~$4K to rework the top end on
my '91 V8 due to one of the forks on the idler pulley failing. I
understand that this is a rare type of failure mode, but if the idler
puller AND fork (cost $130) had been changed at 60K with the timing
belt, then I would not have been without my V8 for 8 weeks and $4k
poorer. 

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> 
> In message <199807270011.RAA29882@theta2.ben2.ucla.edu> James Desveaux writes:
> 
> > There's been a fair bit of discussion here about the virtues of changing
> > both timing belts and water pumps at 60k or less.  What about the idler
> > pulleys?  How sturdy are the bearings in the pulleys, and do they have a
> > tendency to seize?
> 
> > I'm curious to know what the experiences of others, particular Phil Payne,
> > are on this matter.

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