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(Message started by: Wafoo on Dec 15^th, 2005, 7:13pm)

Title: Drive belt tensioner
Post by Wafoo on Dec 15^th, 2005, 7:13pm

As the beast is off the road for a few weeks I thought i'd do some of the little jobs that needed doing,one of which was the drive belt renewal,old one came off without even loosening the tensioner and the new one went on the same,started the car squeal city,can't even rev it without it going mad.
The tensioner moves up and down quite freely,had a look on the Forum and it mentions tightening the tensioner but i thought it was self-adjusting?
Anyone help?

Title: Re: Drive belt tensioner
Post by Snoopy on Dec 16^th, 2005, 2:10pm

The tensioner is self adjusting cannot be adjusted . May be the bearing is going in the tensioner.... You should have had to release the tension on the tensioner to remove the old belt and it need a big ring spanner (17mm I think) to do that .

If you could do it with out that then the it does sound as though the spring in the tensioner has broken ... worth checking to see.

Title: Re: Drive belt tensioner
Post by mr._floppy on Dec 16^th, 2005, 3:22pm

Normally their should be a fearsome amount of tension on the belt via the spring, with easy access and only a single bolt securing it, it should be fairly easy to pick up a replacement from a scrappy.

Title: Re: Drive belt tensioner
Post by Wafoo on Dec 16^th, 2005, 7:36pm

Sounds like the tensioners gone,you can pull the belt at the top run and see the tensioner move up and down.

Title: Re: Drive belt tensioner
Post by Wafoo on Dec 17^th, 2005, 5:48pm

had a look after i got back from work today,looks like it's stuck in the slack position,the dodgy CD I've finally got working says to tighten the tensioner turn it Anti-clockwise,trouble is it's an allen key fitting and I ain't got one that size,does anyone know what size it is so I can go and sponge some off the neighbours?