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Originally Posted by cmac2012
My 12mm Allen socket would no way work with the idler pulley in the way. I still had the belt on at that point. Maybe with it out of the way it would have worked.
The spring on this gave me some trouble. Have got to find the magic sauce for levering it to move it where you want. I am really appreciating the General Motors tension spring set up for the serpentine belt on my old G20 van. Piece of cake. You twist the bolt on the end and it cranks the spring backwards - slide on belt, release wrench and there you are.
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You are right with that!
The little hole in the plastic piece to remove spring tension is slick and convenient, but then we end up with a stupid tensioner design that is levered against the water pump.
That little bolt that holds the lower shock connection to the tensioner arm need not be tight. But getting and keeping it in the right spot is a pain. Only five minutes worth of hassle, but still a pain.
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