Resolved Which timing tensioner is right?

[spyderdrifter]

I'm tern down the 7 bolt I bought last week for my gsx. I have a new timing tensioner for a 7 bolt and it doesn't match the one already installed on the engine. The engine is from a 97 gst, I have a 96 gsx.

The tensioner in my hand is the new one, which one is the correct part, or does it matter?

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The bolt holes are in the same spots, and it's angled the same as the one installed.

 

[2gmitsueclipse]

The one bolted to your motor in the pic is an "early 95" tensioner which is indicated by the 587. If the motor was originally equipped in a 97 model, the one in your hand is the correct tensioner for the motor.

 

[spyderdrifter]

Sweet, thanks.