Timing Tensioner ISSUE

[ghostrider]

Hey guys bought a brand new timing belt tensioner from bmw marked. INA. The bearing has about .005 to .010 thoasands of play and its brand new 🤣. Where the old one on the car has zero play with 100k. Anyone experience this

[e30austin]

New does not always mean good. Warranty it out. Quality control of new parts is not great these days.

[ErickEnriquez]

Just curious if you measured the play or went by feel.

[e30topdown]

Just wanted to say there is nothing wrong with INA. They manufacture BMW's tensioners and pulleys and I use them on all of my BMW's exclusively. It could be a bad part...return it to the seller and have them replace it. Shouldn't be a problem for legitimate sellers.

[zaq123]

Hey guys bought a brand new timing belt tensioner from bmw marked. INA. The bearing has about .005 to .010 thoasands of play and its brand new ��. Where the old one on the car has zero play with 100k. Anyone experience this

what kind of play? radial or axial? .005 radial is almost 5 times of the max play for any "extra loose" classification bearing

[S.J.1981]

New does not always mean good. Warranty it out. Quality control of new parts is not great these days.

My goodness, you could not be more correct there.