Belt Tensioner, which is better...?

[truckmen]

Hello all,

I am looking at Geno's Garage and they are 2 listed. Which would you prefer. I'm going to add a poll.
This one? Or...

This one? Or

Another not listed.

 

[NIsaacs]

I would use the Gates, they are all steel. The Cummins one appears to be pot metal/plastic, at least it was on my '91. I replaced it with a Gates from Napa, years ago. The original didn't last very long.

Nick

 

[Cummins12V98]

The one on my 98 12V is still going strong at 400K so I would choose OE.

 

[BigPapa]

The one on my 98 12V is still going strong at 400K so I would choose OE.

Got you beat, mine has a bit over 500K.

Dayco makes Cummins tensioners.

 

[EDankievitch]

Only thing I didn't like about the Gates unit was it had to be loosened up and moved away from the engine block in order to change the belt. I couldn't get the belt past it on my 05.

 

[truckmen]

Only thing I didn't like about the Gates unit was it had to be loosened up and moved away from the engine block in order to change the belt. I couldn't get the belt past it on my 05.

Thanks all,

It's one more thing I will do while I am laid up with the clutch job. We lost our power up here in Maine from last Monday's storm so that is why I am not in the shop under the truck.
Motorcity Mechanic out of GA has a great You-Tube video on changing the water pump and goes into clear detail about removing the tensioner for that very reason (the belt is "trapped".)

Ralph

 

[Wayne M.]

Engine accessory part life like these items really should be rated on run time. I have only 126k on my tens and belt, but have about 4800 hours. That's pretty good, I'd say.

With items like these, it's tough to beat OEM.

 

[BigPapa]

Ralph, what truck do you have? Nothing in your signature.

 

[gsbrockman]

When my water pump failed this last time at around 302k miles, I had in mind belt tensioner replacement, simply due to miles. I went OE through a dealer in Salisbury, NC.....which ultimately was a Cummins part with a mopar sticker on the box.

I will be happy if I get the same service out of this one. Additionally---the old one currently resides in my toolbox. At least I have eliminated (hopefully) a potential failure point for a few more miles while I am on the road.

 

[truckmen]

Ralph, what truck do you have? Nothing in your signature.

Sorry about that, I'll fix that right now...

Ralph M Bohm
3rd Millennium Express
-- email address removed --

'14 Ram 3500 DRW, 6.7 w/no modifications at this time / G56 w/SBC SDD-3250-GK-ORG, CC, 8-foot bed, 25,000lb 5th wheel
Registered commercially at 38,000lbs GVW as 48-state car transporter with a 4-car Wally-Mo currently leased w/Foremost Transport
194,000 miles on odometer and counting w/no major repairs

 

[gsbrockman]

Dayco makes Cummins tensioners.

http://www.daycoproducts.com/part?c...odel=1426&description=10762&part_number=89362

For reference....
Dayco # 89362
Mopar # 05086958AA (in a Cummins box....and marked waaaaaay up) :-laf
Cummins # 3947574