V-belt style power steering belt tensioner replacement

Troubleshooting
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Hello everyone, and thanks for having me on the forum. I’m sure this will be my first of many posts as I go about restoring my car but I also hope I can share some experience with other members along the way!

I’ve recently started a huge overhaul of a JDM 1991 AWD non-turbo GTO, and one of the first problems I’m coming up against is the power steering v-belt. The belt on the car when I bought it was shredded and there is a lot of play in the tensioner. I plan to replace all the of the drive belts and pulleys but I cannot find a listing for the tensioner anywhere! The part number I have for it is MB636737

Has anybody got a link to a replacement for this part, or failing that has anybody had any luck with removing the pulley from the tensioner and having a new bearing put into it?

Thanks in advance.

-Lou

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You should easily be able to swap the bearing. I’ve done exactly the same on other hard to find pulleys in the past. Not a car, but I just swapped bearings on a drive spindle for my riding mower. One of the bearings had failed and the assembled spindle was $140. I spent $12 and 5 extra minutes and just replaced the bearings.