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My car is making a strange sounds and two of the pulleys shake

My car is making a strange sounds and it looks like two of the pulleys are shaking I need to know the names of the pulleys so that I can price the part

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Its not the pulleys its what they are fitted too.seek a mechanic to have a look and to make sure its just an idler pulley problem and not a alternator bearing problem

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