another sohc timing chain question

[DFracing]

my question is this does anyone one know of a kit that replaces the guides/tensioners with metal peices instead of the crappy plastic ones that were part of the original problem.

i ordered my parts from rockauto the other day, at a much higher price than other kits from ebay, and discount auto parts websites thinking that i would get a higher quality part. well i was looking at the parts, and they use that same crappy plastic. that im sure will wear just as fast as the original parts.

do i just have to use the cloyes parts i bought and pray they last.

 

[Earl43P]

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163298


Didn't see any mention that they were metal, but I just skimmed over the thread.

 

[DFracing]

ive skimmed over that as well, the proble it lists the ford replacements, and the cost is astronomical. im just going to send the cloyes parts back, and order it from carquest i thing.

EDIT: nevermind, carquest is expensive. i guess rockauto was the cheap parts.

 

[wvranger90]

they are all going to be plastic
ordered mine from ebay $100 ford just used crap plastic in the beginning shouldnt be a problem now

 

[DFracing]

they are all going to be plastic
ordered mine from ebay $100 ford just used crap plastic in the beginning shouldnt be a problem now

how many miles do you have on you kit? if im going to do all this i really dont want to cheap out. but if they are all the same then ill get the cheaper one off ebay as well