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Idler pulley
Benzine - 31/7/08 at 07:47 PM

Like this:




Went to my local scrapyard and there were about 10% the amount of cars there are usually! Where have they all gone?

Anyone have an idler pulley lying around or know where I can get one? 30mm wide pulley

chris_smith - 31/7/08 at 07:49 PM

price of steel through the roof so more cars are being weighed in

big_wasa - 31/7/08 at 07:50 PM

quote:
Went to my local scrapyard and there were about 10% the amount of cars there are usually! Where have they all gone?


Chna its worth more to them than breaking it for bits.

pewe - 31/7/08 at 08:10 PM

Don't know if this will help but I used a VW one from GSF p/no 13140 OE ref 051 109 243 it's
a Passat Cam belt tensioner with flanges on both sides. Can go and take dimensoins if required. Cost was c.£18 + VAT.
Cheers, Pewe

Benzine - 31/7/08 at 08:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pewe
Don't know if this will help but I used a VW one from GSF p/no 13140 OE ref 051 109 243 it's
a Passat Cam belt tensioner with flanges on both sides. Can go and take dimensoins if required. Cost was c.£18 + VAT.
Cheers, Pewe


Cool, I just need to know the pulley width, as long as it has a flange/backing plate then I can modify that to fit my engine

pewe - 1/8/08 at 10:18 AM

Width between the flanges is 27mm, pulley diam. 72mm - quite big but you'll prob. find Polo ones are smaller if required.
Cheers, Pewe

BenB - 1/8/08 at 11:38 AM

I bought one like that off Ebay from a Land Rover Disco. Looked about 50mm diameter in the photo. When I finally got it, it was 200mm and weight a tonne!!!! You can have that if you want

Roman - 1/8/08 at 02:09 PM



Any good?

Can check dimensions if required.

Benzine - 1/8/08 at 03:48 PM

The land rover one sounds a bit too big

Roman, I need one where the pulley sits on top of the backing plate, the one you posted looks like it's to the side?

I'll look further into the VW parts, pewe

cheers