Drivebelt Tensioner Junk?

[nobbyv]

Noticed my drivebelt on my '95 4.0 (non-AC if it matters) was looking pretty cracked, so I went to replace it. While getting ready to put the new one on, I thought the tensioner looked funny: the upper mount part was sort of "angled". Initially, I was thinking that the part I show here in the pic should be sitting tight and I should not see any of the whitish plastic. Then I thought maybe its supposed to be that way, because its designed to flex some as the belt moves. So the question is: do I have a junk tensioner or a perfectly-working piece of fine Ford engineering?
Thanks!

 

[sholzy]

Junk. Is it even spinning? The tensioner on my 93 does not look like that.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

It done. Replace it.

 

[97RangerXLT]

my 97 did the same thing a few years ago. 40 bucks at O'reilly's for a nice shiny new one. took about 20 min to replace.

AJ