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09-18-2006, 06:57 AM

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Dayco Belt tensioner

Has anyone broken one of dayco's belt tension'ers I was thinking of buying a backup.

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09-18-2006, 06:58 AM

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i've broken 2 that come from maggie. What is theirs?

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09-18-2006, 10:46 AM

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I personally haven't broken any ...yet. I was going to buy a back-up as you are thinking. MANY have snapped them in two.

PN# 89222 and the pulley is 89009 (Dayco)

Dayco / BreakO

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09-18-2006, 12:43 PM

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Dayco / BreakO

I havent broken the tensioner yet, but I have snapped the lip off of the dayco pully and chunked the belt.

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09-18-2006, 01:39 PM

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there is a goodyear tensioner spec'd for this application as well, might be stronger, although I haven't tried one yet

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09-18-2006, 02:28 PM

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The Dayco definatly looks stronger than the magnacharger tensioner iwas lucky and did'nt have to buy a pulley cause Ihad the one of the other motor I'll tellya I think I will buy a back up aswell as a belt.

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