TRD/ Magnuson 4.0 Supercharger Tips, Tricks, and Mods

The tensioner that broke said made in Canada. The Gates I replaced it with says Mexico

 

If that's the case then maybe production started using cheaper materials recently. Huh. Interesting. I have no further theory to contribute to this mystery. Lol.

 

Didn't yours break twice or was that @XPOTRPR ?

 

His

 

I'd like to know if his tensioner said Cañada or Mexico. Matter of fact I'd like to know if mine is from either or as well now.

 

Luckily the only collateral damage was a few small fins broken off on the cooling fan clutch

 

Damn Canadians

 

That's not cool at all.

What side is that writing on, the ground side of the tensioner or up towards the hood side?

 

Wonder if welding reinforcements to a stock one would be a cost saving solution?

 

Hood side

 

#blamecanada #buycanadian

 

Damn Cannucks.

 

The material specs are likely identical. The problem is more than likely that the load is being applied differently than it was designed for due to the smaller pulley and smaller belt. Tension should be near identical.

 

Who knows. Either way a billet unit will offer entire piece of mind as a suitable replacement. I never did like cast aluminum anything.

 

This tensioner was originally designed to run on a Ford truck. Maybe that’s the problem

 

That occurred to me as well.

 

Billet is undeniably stronger. Just trying to illustrate that the part was probably designed properly for it's intended purpose. Rule #1 when monkeying with things is knowing the effects it has on everything ekse

 

I don't always modify my tacoma, but when I do, the modification takes four other mods to make it work properly.

 

That made me lol so hard.

 

When I mod my tacoma it involves four mods at a time too. If I do it right in 3 attempts or less I'm pretty stoked.