billetflow idler bearings

[twhitey]

Has anyone else had problems with bearing failures? They said I can send them back and they will replace the bearings or buy each bearing for 9 dollars.
Is there another option? Anyone replaced them on their own.

 

[Sniperdog]

No problems here :shrug: :knocks on wood:

:beer:

hows it hangin??

 

[TwinTurbo4vGT]

you can buy the bearings at napa :shrug:

 

[03yellow]

I have had 3 set of bearings on my idlers so far. 2 from billetflow and 1 set of timken. This last set is from Oreillys Auto parts ...... sorry but I cant find the part.

 

[4.6snakedoc]

May I ask how long you had these on the car and how many miles? Looking for a set of Billetflow idlers. do other brands such as steeda etc last longer?

 

[Black306]

I have had 3 set of bearings on my idlers so far. 2 from billetflow and 1 set of timken. This last set is from Oreillys Auto parts ...... sorry but I cant find the part.

SKF part number is 62032RSJ. I haven't needed one, but I checked one out. It looks like it has the same specs. The same part number is listed as a replacement alternator drive bearing in some Ford applications, so it should have no problems being in idlers.

 

[gibsonboy3000]

yah my bearing squeaks... its actually quite annoying only have 16K on d car too... :shrug:

 

[cobracide]

Metco Motorsports 4-Piece Idler Kit w/Dual Ball Bearing Idlers
Reichard Racing 03-04 Cobra Ultra Grip SC Pulley (Eaton)

 

[TwinTurbo4vGT]

dual bearing idlers are the best, they dont fail like the single bearing designs do.

 

[twhitey]

I have less than 2k miles on them and bought them in April. I wish I would have went with dual bearing idlers.

 

[sweet88gt]

you can buy the bearings at napa :shrug:

I bought a set from NAPA and replaced them just recently. Easy job for the press.

 

[SVT03Chris]

You can just buy the bearing at a bearing dealer and have it pressed in.

 

[mmustangsrus]

op:

interesting info though..

i thought my squeak was from bad bearing but had it looked @ so i leaning toward the belt

 

[Jomo1994z71]

10,000 miles on my Billetflow Idlers...no problems and they look like new...however, I hear more people have issues with them, but it's not a big deal, putting a new bearing in...

 

[twhitey]

5.40 for a new bearing and 20 mins of my time. I am amazed such a little part can cause such an amount of noise to make my cobra sound like a POS driving down the road. Thanks for everyones help.

 

[latemodelracer2]

i had 3 go bad, i now switched over to a metco dual bearing setup with zero problems so far.

 

[32V10TH]

Damn I need to spend the dough on the metco dual

 

[Heater]

If anybody has the part number for auto store replacement bearings, that would be nice for those of us that haven't had to replace ours yet.

I just bought a Steeda Idler pulley and the bearings that comes with it looks like cheap Chinese bearings.