I just replaced all my belt pulleys and with the NU-LINE pulley and belt kit from Western Filters, $247. It seems to be a very good kit and of high quality.
My pulleys had become very noisy after some recent wet whether and driving through a few "puddles". WD40 quietened it for a while but it was slowly getting worse. Because I didn't know how old the belt was I thought it was time to bit the bullet and fix it before something failed. As a bonus now I have a spare belt, just incase.
The install was very easy, just drop the bash plate and do it from underneath. Only required very basic tools and around half an hour, I would rate it as an easy job which could be done by most people with basic skills.
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Just replaced the 3 idler pulleys with genuine ones from Partsouq. The top pulley still felt good with no play but replaced it anyway. I left the tensioner alone and the belt was already replaced a while back.
I went from the bottom after removing the bashplates. Needed a tube extension on the ratchet handle as I didn't have much room to swing on the handle. Used a deep 14mm socket for the lower 2. Handy to have a torque wrench to get the bolts properly torqued up due to the awkwardness of the positioning.
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