4agze idler pulley replacement - alternatives?

[Hachiroku]

The two drive belt idler bearings on my 4agze are stuffed and I'm not keen to pay Toyota price for new ones. Has anyone here successfully adapted a pulley off something else? Does the diameter of the pulleys make any difference other than belt length i.e. can I use smaller ones?

[evil_si]

with the pulley kits I do I normally use a 4age cam belt tensioner with a 3mm spacer behind it
i remove the spring tensioner bracket to tidy them up.

they are a smaller diameter so a shorter belt would be required

[LEAKER]

The two drive belt idler bearings on my 4agze are stuffed and I'm not keen to pay Toyota price for new ones. Has anyone here successfully adapted a pulley off something else? Does the diameter of the pulleys make any difference other than belt length i.e. can I use smaller ones?

Repco have a catalogue with new idlers in them. Quite a few different ones. Thy're around 80 - 90 bucks each i think. Not too bad. Or try fensport uk. They do a great range for the gt4s and im sure for other cars as well.

[Rick]

Why don't you replace the bearing in the idler? of course it has to be the type that you can replace bearing.

[Hachiroku]

No, bearing isn't replaceable unfortunately and can't find anything in Gates catalog to match. evil_si - is that the standard 16v tensioner with the slotted hole?

[rollaholic]

what are the toyota prices, out of interest?

[evil_si]

Yup the one with the slotted hole

[LEAKER]

No, bearing isn't replaceable unfortunately and can't find anything in Gates catalog to match. evil_si - is that the standard 16v tensioner with the slotted hole?

not a gates catalogue. They have a repco brand book.