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Mine has crapped itself after 3000miles. Bearing is absolutely dry. I got in touch with Rob about a month ago and he was going to send a replacement bearing. However since the conversation has dried up with no replies from Rob. No answering of the Pineapple Racing phone either?
Does anyone know if he actually IS dead?
Or has he decided not to honour the lifetime warranty of this product....
Either way I just want a new bearing at his cost to get the car running again...
Mine has crapped itself after 3000miles. Bearing is absolutely dry. I got in touch with Rob about a month ago and he was going to send a replacement bearing. However since the conversation has dried up with no replies from Rob. No answering of the Pineapple Racing phone either?
Does anyone know if he actually IS dead?
Or has he decided not to honour the lifetime warranty of this product....
Either way I just want a new bearing at his cost to get the car running again...
Belt was at factory tightness if not looser.
bought this as used item and for peace of mine I sent in to him asking for a replacement bearing got it back within a week
Rob has just emailed me back now. Apparantly the emails I sent made their way into the wrong directory.... (I think as he is in this thread above he will have been notified of posts by this forum and hence prompted).
Sounds like it is on it's way so will be sorted soon enough now.
Rob has just emailed me back now. Apparantly the emails I sent made their way into the wrong directory.... (I think as he is in this thread above he will have been notified of posts by this forum and hence prompted).
Sounds like it is on it's way so will be sorted soon enough now.
did you got it sorted it out with him ??
Edit: spoke out of frustration.
Last edited by 7krayziboi; Nov 25, 2016 at 08:12 PM.
Nope.
So after the bull about not seeing emails then I got told it was too expensive to send replacement bearings internationally. Then he tried to look at a local place and order them for me, and he decided that was too expensive too and stopped replying to my emails.
The bearings weren't cheap for their size.
Not to mention the belt spec chart was wrong and the original belt didn't fit so I had to buy a new belt on day one.
Mine just failed, exactly like the picture that was posted. I will pull it apart this weekend, and will look for a part number on the bearing
***I know this is an old thread, just posting information for other people***
Pulled the idler pulley last night, will remove the bearing from the pulley sometime this weekend. For the time being, the pulley seems to have TWO bearings, both bearings are bad, but the front one (the one facing the radiator) is that one that crapped out. The rear bearing has a stamped number, which is 6302RS
***I know this is an old thread, just posting information for other people***
Pulled the idler pulley last night, will remove the bearing from the pulley sometime this weekend. For the time being, the pulley seems to have TWO bearings, both bearings are bad, but the front one (the one facing the radiator) is that one that crapped out. The rear bearing has a stamped number, which is 6302RS
I will post additional info as I get to it.
Ok, last one for today, found this bearing, not sure if its a better quality than the one that came with the pulley:
***I know this is an old thread, just posting information for other people***
Pulled the idler pulley last night, will remove the bearing from the pulley sometime this weekend. For the time being, the pulley seems to have TWO bearings, both bearings are bad, but the front one (the one facing the radiator) is that one that crapped out. The rear bearing has a stamped number, which is 6302RS
I will post additional info as I get to it.
yes, 2 bearings.
what happens is dirt gets into the bearing and destroys it.
I purchased 2 NSK bearings off ebay for a good price and they are doing very well. some few thousands of miles on them with no problems. Just need a high quality same bearing. NSK, KOYO are the ones I like. Timken probably isn't bad either. I would avoid any no name ones IMO.
I originally had a Tweakit pulley and that bearing failed years ago after a couple years of use (it seized during a fun drive on some back roads up in the mountains and it shot out from under the car and bounced towards my buddy's Roush 429 Mustang behind me lol), so I replaced with a Pineapple one and that one started squealing after a few years and Rob sent me new bearings, but I'd already replaced them with some I bought online. At the time I didn't realize that the bearings are slightly different, so I replaced them with two of the same bearing. I just replaced them again with the ones linked below because I thought they might be squealing again, but I discovered it was the front bearing in the alternator. I prefer Timken myself.
This is a timely thread revival for me, since the Pinapple Racing idler pulley that cam with my FD is starting to get noisy. So far it only makes noise on a cold startup, and the noise tends to die down a few minutes after startup, but I'm sure these bearings won't last much longer, so I reached out to Pineapple asking about replacement bearings. FWIW, I have their "original" pulley kit, not the newer "big turbo" kit. Below was their response, along with some pictures, which BTW was very timely - same day I inquired via email.
Hi Pete,
We can provide the bearings or you can source them locally. We try to design using common, standard parts.
6302 2rs is the bearing number. Most parts houses have these in stock.
It seems like you have experience replacing bearings, but just in case we attached a few pics.
215*F was the preheat temp for the pulley before installing the bearings when new.
Take care,
PR Tools needed to do the job C-clip removal/install Pressing out old bearings Heating pulley prior to installing new bearings Checking temp of pulley while heating prior to new bearing installation What to do if the new bearing doesn't drop in enough
I had no idea he suggests using heat, I've always just used my press.
I had never tried using heat when pressing in new bearings either, but it did make them drop right in a lot easier. Just finished doing mine, same new 6302-2RS Timkin bearings you used. Since I don't have a press, I used some sockets and the bench vise to press mine in. Hardest part of the job was getting that damned snap ring out because my snap ring pliers suck, and it was a tight fit to the groove.
My idler pulley bearings started to make noise a couple days ago after about 14k miles. After an email to Rob at Pineapple Racing new bearing are on the way to me for free as part of the lifetime warranty. Super easy transaction with them. Stand up company from my experience with them.
Do we know if Pineapple (or whoever is running the brand) still offering replacements due to failed the bearings? Just pulled mine off the car after about 8 years/10k miles and noticed the bearings are quite loose and noisy. Feedback is as follows:
1. The finish on the pulley itself is now starting to chip off, no clue what the coating is to be able to have it refinished.
2. I did have to slightly grind my T-stat housing for clearance, but I can at least R&R the belt without disassembly.
3. The SS hardware is probably a bad move, I really had to be careful removing the M8 pulley bolt, and even still it did seem to damage the aluminum threads slightly. Hopefully replacing with alloy steel will not be an issue.
4. The bearings as stated are on their way out. After searching, it seems that at 8k redline w/ the OEM main pulley, the 6302RS bearings in the pulley are subject to exceed their rated max RPM of ~16,000. I suspect this is why many have had failures.
5. For reference, I have the normal version installed on my FD with a single turbo kit, it cleared with about 1" thanks to a fortunately placed turbo kit from Gleasman.
I checked my emails from when I ordered it, from Banzai. Just sent them an email, hopefully they can help. Wish I would've looked into this earlier, I parked the car in October 2023 and am just now getting back to it.
I do believe that it's a design issue. The pulley diameter (approx. 2") is too small to use with the stock main pulley. A quick online conversion shows that the bearings would exceed rated RPM even with the car's stock redline of 7,500rpm. 6302 is the only bearing with the same specs, so even replacement bearings will likely fail again as this thread seems to prove.
Do we know if Pineapple (or whoever is running the brand) still offering replacements due to failed the bearings? Just pulled mine off the car after about 8 years/10k miles and noticed the bearings are quite loose and noisy. Feedback is as follows:
1. The finish on the pulley itself is now starting to chip off, no clue what the coating is to be able to have it refinished.
2. I did have to slightly grind my T-stat housing for clearance, but I can at least R&R the belt without disassembly.
3. The SS hardware is probably a bad move, I really had to be careful removing the M8 pulley bolt, and even still it did seem to damage the aluminum threads slightly. Hopefully replacing with alloy steel will not be an issue.
4. The bearings as stated are on their way out. After searching, it seems that at 8k redline w/ the OEM main pulley, the 6302RS bearings in the pulley are subject to exceed their rated max RPM of ~16,000. I suspect this is why many have had failures.
5. For reference, I have the normal version installed on my FD with a single turbo kit, it cleared with about 1" thanks to a fortunately placed turbo kit from Gleasman.
As Molotov said, it's closed. The owner passed last year. There was another business that took over a lot of their products but I haven't seen them up and going yet.
In post #39 I added links to the bearings you need.
