brutus

I also have an Audi and spend time on several Audi sites. Funny thing is they seem to have timing belt issues as well there was even a class action suite filed over failed tennsioners.

Fabio421

The class action suit was for the 1997 - 1999 Audi A4's. What cars do these Audi tensioners come from?

dprantl

Not sure about which Audi it's from, but the tensioner itself looks almost identical to a 968's tensioner...

Dan
'91 928GT S/C

PorKen

If you look closely, Roger was using English 'humor' here. It's roughly $300 for the non-airpump bracket and all the Audi parts.



The A4 engines were the four cylinder, also used by VW. A lot of the problems I noticed when I was researching the tensioner was that Audi had unrealistic belt change intervals. >90K miles!

The PKsn'r uses the 1998-up V6 2.8 30V tensioner parts.

ROG100

Thanks Ken for pointing out my joke 8>)

The bracket is $149 without an air pump and $189 with.
The tensioner is $79.95, the lever is $27.95 and the roller is $54.35.
There is a cheaper roller for $27.95.

Fabio,
If you need a web site to order parts you have 2 great choices out there already.
I prefer the way I work as I get to communicate with all my customers.
Sorry about my web site, however I do not plan to change my business model anytime soon.
Roger

RyanPerrella

Thats a really great deal! I cant afford one right now and dont want to go back in there but someday, someday I will.

Thanks for again developing this Ken!

JimBob951

I have just started my tb/wp job, and a, seriously considering this. Looks to be a simpler, better, and more reliable setup! What is the longest/most miles anyone has on one of these?

Jimbob

the flyin' scotsman

Your biz model is excellent Roger............

Fabio421

Roger,

It wasn't meant as an insult. You have a website that leaves alot to be desired. Having a web presence is very important in this day and age. Under the "parts" heading in the "new parts" section, you list four parts. Is that all you carry? Probably not but it gives that impression. I have gone to your site at least four times in the past to order parts and have come up with a dead end and went to 928 spec. or 928 Intl. and ordered them there. I'm sure I'm not the only one. I just went to your site again and noticed this:


"A NOTE ABOUT THIS WEBSITE:

This is a skeleton website and is nothing like we intend it to be! 928's R Us is all about continuous improvement. We're a small business that wants to grow. We know a lot about 928's and a whole range of stuff about lots of other things (but nearly nothing about website development.) What we don't know, we sure as heck intend to learn...and even the things we know a lot about can be improved on. So if you have comments (preferably constructive) about our website or our products, our services, our customer support - anything that affects our business - get in touch with us and let us know. We need your input!

Customer Support: support@928sRus.com "
I don't know if this is a new additon or not but I am just doing what you asked. I met you at the Tail of the Dragon drive last year and found you to be a very likeable guy. I would love to have been able to do business with since then but your website is a turn off. I thought you would want to know. I'm sorry if my opinion is not welcome. I never meant to throw stones.

the flyin' scotsman

Telephone?

aggravation

All you have to do is call him and he'll either answer in person, in which case you get to order... or you leave him a message telling him what car you have and what you want and he'll call you back. Both ways you get to order from the owner who is very knowledgeable and helpful.
I've called a number of times and always received the parts faster than the other two "big" companies ever shipped an order to me.

I think sometimes the whole online catalog linked to a shopping cart is a bit of a placebo because no matter how slick the interface and automated email confirmation is you still don't get anything coming your way until a human retrieves the data you input and gets to the parts bin and boxes it up and ships it....

pscottjr

I have ordered from all of the "big three". I can agree with Fabio421 that Roger's site is somewhat confusing. All the companies are great to work with and have great customer service.

Roger's service is exceptional. I have had needs that he has taken care of that he did not make a dime on and has gone the extra mile to help me with. I use him for almost all my needs and have never spoken to him on the phone. I just email my problem or part that I need and he responds almost immediately.

We have a great group of vendors here. I appreciate Roger's personalized service.

Lizard928

I have over 5k on mine. That would equate to 30k normal miles

believe me, you will not regret getting it.

cold_beer839

I just finished my TB-WP service and wish I'd got one these. The stock tensioner is a PITA and leaves me wondering, and that is not a good feeling.

Roger has excellent one-on-one service that is unheard of in these hi-tech online days. His prices are really good also.

Example:

I ordered a used fog lamp assembly for my S4 from him. It arrived with a UPS induced boo-boo. Roger sent me out a BNIB fog lamp assembly at nearly his cost as soon as I called him. Then he called UPS and had them pick up the one they had broken.

Beat that......

RyanPerrella

I think something to consider when going for the PorKensioner is that if you replace this when you would normally do a TB/WP job this whole assembly replaces quite a few parts. It replaces both rollers (I believe) which cost what $120ish? I cant remember offhand. It also replaces the original tensioner which needs to be rebuilt with new o-ring and boot and clamp ($25-$30) roller bushings ($40) and also eliminates the need to use a timingbelt tensioner tool on it, possibly saving you from having to buy a $70 tool.

If you look at what you don't have to buy when making this switch it eliminates half the cost of going to the porkensioner in the first place.

If your doing a TB/WP job its almost a no brainer to replace those parts with this. The only real question is longevity and durability. While i dont doubt it will hold up much better then the stock unit, its only a year old, the factory tensioner is 30 years old, we know its problems. Again i have no reason to think the porkensioner will have any issues, but we just dont know given how little time its been around. But the more people that run them and use them, the sooner we find out about its durability.

If i was buying all these parts again, today, I would be on the phone to Roger and getting this new stuff instead of the original parts.