Review on 🔧 Bapmic 16620-0W093 Serpentine Belt Tensioner Assembly for Toyota Celica Corolla Pontiac Vibe Chevrolet Prizm 1.8L: Optimal Belt Tension Solution by Eric Trask

The picture is a little wonky but it looks EXACTLY like an OEM tensioner, don't worry about the installation. The only real difference is that there is some sort of surface on the pulley to hide the screw and bearing; I wanted to take it off and take a picture but didn't want to accidentally damage it. The pulley itself also seems a little odd, for example the OEM pulley was free to spin like a well-bearing skateboard wheel, but this one only spins for a second. Perhaps the bottom pulley is hidden behind the plate above, a possible explanation for why it was so much cheaper than any other. I saw a warning on the Matrix forum about 1) Toyota OEM belts and 2) non-OEM tensioners, but. Well, what can I say, I'm a perpetual curmudgeon. Hey, in the worst case, the belt tears, I drive home hot and with a loss of power; The next day I do it again and down 20 beers while cursing Toyota for designing such a horrible bolt hole (you have to lift the engine a few inches to get the bolt out and I have to say it's the VERY narrowest place for the screw) working on the machine I've found so far). Do yourself a favor and take a big long skinny belt tensioner (a long flat piece of metal with a square head welded to it) and drive a 6pt 17mm head into the screw on the side (I actually hooked it with a crowbar) . All I could do was prevent the bolt from breaking. And on top of that the ONLY place I could find a replacement screw was at the dealer > :( but my brother in law works there and gave me the parts dealer number and he charged me the price, $3.15 so this last hassle was a little better Good luck, Toyos.