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Aug 6, 2011 | 08:22 PM

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belt tensioner

I see different belt tensioners out there are all manual belt tensioners made equal. why do some sell for 100 and some for almost 200.

Aug 6, 2011 | 08:32 PM

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get a Katech or dont get anything.

Aug 7, 2011 | 10:27 AM

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I understand its the prefered piece and as much as its an answer, its not informing me of why.

Aug 7, 2011 | 10:38 AM

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I understand its the prefered piece and as much as its an answer, its not informing me of why.

Reputation, quality, and a good price.

The comp one is almost $200 and i'm not sure it even comes with a pulley. I don't see any reason to spend the extra $80 for the reasons listed above.

Aug 7, 2011 | 11:02 AM

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is your tensioner broken or is the bearing just making noise?

Aug 8, 2011 | 12:35 AM

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I got one off of ebay that came with a pulley and the goodthing about it is that you can replace the bearings if you ever need to... I have only driven 150 miles on it so far but it seems to be working just fine.

Aug 8, 2011 | 06:26 AM

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ive seen that one on ebay , and it uses a stock belt too . I think its like 100 bucks for it . Well the seller said it works with the stock belt , how did that go ?

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Aug 9, 2011 | 03:22 PM

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I poped a belt not to long ago so i figured why take a chance I dont want to be left on the side of the road again and plus its the start of appearance mods that will work with future HP mods. I saw that one on ebay also and was wondering how it was especially since it includes the pulley.