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Pappy...I just finished attempting to replace the idler pulley bearing on my '90. It turns out that I had the '85 type pulley on there with the larger bearing and retainer clip although I had the correct size 14mm nut holding it on. Since I bought the 6203 bearing it was too small so I pried the seal off and repacked the old one as suggested by 94krawler. So far it works fine. Unless the previous owner swapped it out for some reason which I doubt, Im pretty sure this was the original pulley for this truck and am curious if anyone else has this type pulley on a newer truck?


The idler pulleys squealing again! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" /> Is it possible that the bearings are shot and repacking wont help? I didnt use bearing grease, just some red multi purpose stuff. Off to NAPA for a 6204 bearing. Weird thing is that it squeals every time on start up and when I rev the engine and sometimes when turning sharply. The belts new and tight so its not that slipping.

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