09-01-2019, 06:04 PM
(09-01-2019, 12:53 PM)Eeyore Wrote: put the automatic tensioner on and use a proper square drive to release tension on the tensioner. Im still not entirely sure what the problem is but you definitely dont want to try and fit the tensioner whilst tensioned as even if you can get the bolts in youll probably cross thread them and damage the block :/
Yeah got it sorted this morning. The problem was that there are 2 tensioners, the upper one (known as 'pully' in most diagrams i've seen) which you can use its 15mm bolt to release tension, then put allen key in hole to lock. The lower tensioner has the hole for a square drive to release tension, doesnt seem to have any way to keep it locked, bolts on using a single allen head bolt.
I forgot about the upper one and started faffing with the lower one, which i should have left well alone. So I put the lower tensioner back in place, then released the tension on the upper one, locked it with an allen key, slipped new belt on (tight fit mind!) then released tension and everything was good again.
So yeah, it was basically my own error of mistaking the lower tensioner as the one I needed to fiddle with. Once Uberderv posted that pic and I saw the tensioner, I immediatly remembered how I was supposed to do it.
So thanks to both of you for the help, car sounds so much quieter and smoother now I'm quite amazed!
