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Old 08-06-2011, 08:22 PM
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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.
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get a Katech or dont get anything.
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I understand its the prefered piece and as much as its an answer, its not informing me of why.
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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.
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is your tensioner broken or is the bearing just making noise?
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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.
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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.

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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It has worked really good for me so far and i am on a stock belt plus it looks a hell of alot better than the stock one haha
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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.
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Do this and call it a day. Worked great for me.

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