SDCE tensioner Blew up
02-08-2009, 06:46 PM
#1
SDCE tensioner Blew up Well I was coming home from a gun show that was about 70 miles away. I all of a sudden noticed i couldnt hear my SC anymore. I pulled over and found that the belt had slipped off. When i got home i put the belt back on and found it to be walking tawards the back of the car. So i started pulling the SC bracket off. this is what i found.
A crack, I prolly just over tightend the thing. I was trying to pull off the pulley thinking that i could just weld it, then this happend. With only a little force.
I guess i found out why my belt was walking around. I think that every time hit the gas the bolt would move a little then flex the tensioner. I cant belive how easy that tensioner snapped.
Anyways does anyone have any clue how much a new tensioner would be?
and has this happend to any one b4?
A crack, I prolly just over tightend the thing. I was trying to pull off the pulley thinking that i could just weld it, then this happend. With only a little force.
I guess i found out why my belt was walking around. I think that every time hit the gas the bolt would move a little then flex the tensioner. I cant belive how easy that tensioner snapped.
Anyways does anyone have any clue how much a new tensioner would be?
and has this happend to any one b4?
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02-09-2009, 03:20 PM
#8
Well they wanted to charge me $150 for a new one and wanted me to send my whole bracket back to them so I went and found the tentioner my self and make them myself if I mess it up but it has been holding for about a year now with out any problems so if you want to do it your self here is the autozone part number it was about $48 bucks 305201. GL!
02-09-2009, 04:22 PM
#9
This is why I designed my own tensioned bracket, I was worried this type of problem would occur. The way the SDCE is setup puts a large amount of strain on the tensioner housing with the pulley spaced out so far from the arm to clear the bracket. There is a reason tensioners keep the pulley right off the arm, so that the arm doesn't experience the twising/side load like that.
If you do a search on my name you'll find the post I made about my bracket.
If you do a search on my name you'll find the post I made about my bracket.
02-09-2009, 04:42 PM
#10
Well they wanted to charge me $150 for a new one and wanted me to send my whole bracket back to them so I went and found the tentioner my self and make them myself if I mess it up but it has been holding for about a year now with out any problems so if you want to do it your self here is the autozone part number it was about $48 bucks 305201. GL!
I never broke mine or had any issues with it, I sold it to KP still in excellent condition too. I wonder if he ever broke it?
But there you go, 50 bucks and a PN and a short trip to Autozone and you are all set.
02-10-2009, 11:41 PM
#20
lol turbo's are a ton more problems than going SDCE/procharged route
Been there done that.
The problem doesn't lie with the design of the SDCE set up, but with the end user torquing the **** out of it and cracking the tensioners thin aluminum housing.
Been there done that.
The problem doesn't lie with the design of the SDCE set up, but with the end user torquing the **** out of it and cracking the tensioners thin aluminum housing.