Say that 3x's fast, lol.

The pulley on the alternator belt tensioner (MD373939) was going bad, and I wasn't in the mood to spend $122.84 (shipped price from Mitsubishiparts.net, the cheapest place I've found for this part). So, I found a cost effective alternative so all you have to do is replace the idler pulley instead of the entire assembly.

The pulley is a Gates part:

NAPA Part # 38005 - $25 (saved $97.84)

Also, I went ahead and got Gates alternator belt while I was at it:

NAPA Part # 25-060705 - $28 (saved $48.49 vs. oem belt)

total savings of $146.33, which means I can put that towards another part... SCORE!

Now, I'm all about oem parts, but there are sometimes when I don't feel like taking it for the team with stealership prices. I hope this helps someone else out, because I searched and I didn't find any other threads about my problem.

 

nice man!

 

nice!

 

Good job. I bought my pulley from a local auto parts store it came out to roughly $20. Also ordered the belt from rockauto for about $24.

 

Big help! Thanks for that.

 

saved this thread for later..

Found that part at my local napa.

Hope it works!

Thanks for the info.