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Hey guys,

look just speaking to my mechanic very breifly my rebuild is being done. he said i needed a idle tensioner for my timing belt, i have no idea at all what it is or looks like. he said he can get them for $160+gst. now is this a good price, can i get one somewhere cheaper. and what the hell does it do can someone please help im lost here.........

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Adriano Grand Master

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Auto one or repco, about $45

Hey guys,

look just speaking to my mechanic very breifly my rebuild is being done. he said i needed a idle tensioner for my timing belt, i have no idea at all what it is or looks like. he said he can get them for $160+gst. now is this a good price, can i get one somewhere cheaper. and what the hell does it do can someone please help im lost here.........

Roy Grand Master

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One is about $40, the other is $220 ;) Yioy can get them from a bearign supply company, i couldnt have been bothered perhaps being supplied the wrong one as when i spoke to them there was some confusion over the correct part number for my car...so $220 was actually cheap as i know its the right one

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There are two.

You can get em from Nissan, they are extremely important to replacethem both

Nissan charge a bomb for them, best to go to BSC. There is another past thread that covers exactly this. It also has part numbers. They are for the RB26 though, not sure if they are all the same. Do a search. By the way there is a idler pulley and a tensioner pulley. Two separate parts

Deren

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Cubes Grand Master

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Bl4ck32 and myself ran 2 tensioners. They are locking tensioners so once locked up they are essentially idlers. :D

The idlers were the expensive suckers. Tensioners were cheap.

Either that or press out the old bearings and drop in a new, cheapest way out.

Be sure to also replace the $2 tensioner/idler stud.

I think I actually have a new/reco'd tensioner laying around.

Its also interesting to note... Holden's RB30 tensioners are exactly the same apart from the fact they are tight arses and only used 1 bearing compared to nissan running 2 side by side. :mellow:

sinistaGTR Grand Master

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Just ordered them from bearing industries said they sell heaps of them, thanks very much guys and just ordered all new studs, bolts and washers from main north nissan here in adelaide cost me $15.30 all up for genuine nissan parts.

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benl1981 Grand Master

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Good saving Dan.

Just of note:

I didn't bother with the bolts and idlers after trying to order through Nissan (they required chassis no. etc). Spoke to their mechanics and parts people - they said they never bother replacing if they look in good condition. You can see if the thread looks bad. Unless they come loose then they shouldn't be subject to load anywhere near there tensile or endurance limit.

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