tensioner pulley removal....

free_ryde · Jan 16, 2008

any one know how to do this, not sure what to do exactly when lookng at it.

19mustang95 · Jan 17, 2008

why are you removing it?

after you take the belt off, you just remove the three bolts.

free_ryde · Jan 17, 2008

there is a high pitched squeak coming from around that area, ive removed the other pulleys so i'm assuming this has to be it. when i look at it, it only looks like the one bolt in the center

AaRoN · Jan 17, 2008

I need to change mine. I believe it's just one bolt to remove.

2slo95fiveoh · Jan 17, 2008

AaRoN said:
I need to change mine. I believe it's just one bolt to remove.

yes all that holds it in is one hex bolt. take the belt off, then the hex bolt, and thats it.

free_ryde · Jan 17, 2008

thats what i ws thinking, just thought there might of bin a bit more to it. thanks

Goldmember · Jan 17, 2008

Are you talking about the idler pulley (near the water pump) or the pulley on the belt tensioner?

The idler in the timing cover is easy, the one on the tensioner is too but I took the tensioner off the car, wedged it in a cinder block, then loosened the bolt holding on the pulley. I suppose a table vise or something would get it done too...

uncltrvlnmatt · Jan 17, 2008

I just changed mine. You can't get just the pully. You have to buy the whole tensioner. If I remember right, it was about 80 bucks. I went to 2 different Ford dealers, they both told me the same thing. I ended up nuying a tensioner from Advance Auto.

free_ryde · Jan 17, 2008

i'll just hit up one of the auto wreckers out here and grab one off a 4.6

uncltrvlnmatt · Jan 18, 2008

free_ryde said:
i'll just hit up one of the auto wreckers out here and grab one off a 4.6

IMO, with something like this you are better off new. The belt tensioner takes a constant beating.

Goldmember · Jan 18, 2008

uncltrvlnmatt said:
I just changed mine. You can't get just the pully. You have to buy the whole tensioner. If I remember right, it was about 80 bucks. I went to 2 different Ford dealers, they both told me the same thing. I ended up nuying a tensioner from Advance Auto.

Perhaps the 4V is different but I bought two idler pulleys, and simply unbolted the old idler from the tensioner and replaced with a new one. The idler on the tensioner is the same part as the one in the timing cover.

Nonetheless +1 on replacing the tensioner, I took the cheap way out...

Firestrike87 · Jan 18, 2008

I have a squealing noise I can't find either. Although mine sounds like it is coming from the alternator but it sounds fine? Did it squeal all the time?

Goldmember · Jan 20, 2008

Firestrike87 said:
I have a squealing noise I can't find either. Although mine sounds like it is coming from the alternator but it sounds fine? Did it squeal all the time?

I suspected my alternator too, and yes mine did squeak all the time. Replacing the idlers fixed the problem. (And boy was I glad I didn't have to pony up for a new alternator!)