Whats everyone running, ive herd +/-'s on both.

 

I just installed another auto a month ago. No probs. But its only been a month. Its only what, like 50 bux?

 

Manual. MANUAL. MANUAL, MANUAL MANUAL MANUAL MANUAL.

If you're needing to replace the stock tensioner - why on Earth would you replace it with the exact same model that failed?

Just doesn't make sense when there's hundreds upon hundred of threads making this very point.

 

Just because it makes noise dosnt mean its failed, i mean i still have a motor dont i?
BTW they revised it like 3 times now? So in theary its prob not the same part

 

Yea they are revised. Hey it tookmy original one7 years to fail

 

Don't care if they're revised. They work the same way, they are a hydraulic-operated, spring-activated tensioner that consistently fails under hard riding conditions such as hammering the throttle, then backing off abruptly.

I'm not saying to replace a perfectly fine mechanical part. What I am saying is that if and when it does fail - why would you buy the same part? There is a superior aftermarket alternative that can not fail for the same price or less... seems like a pretty simple question to answer.

One has the possibility to fail, the other doesn't. If yours goes bad - what are you gonna replace it with? A part that has a design/application flaw or one that doesn't?