because mine just went out this past week. It gave me 224,000 so I'm satisfied with that. Replacement was pretty straightforward.

It started out as a light ticking noise, and just got worse from there. When I pulled it off, the back of the pulley bearing had just given out, exposing the ball bearings which were bone dry. It had collapsed to the point that it was rubbing against the harmonic balanacer.

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-Paul-
'01 E430, Sport 72,000 mi
'98 C280, 126,500 mi