Haasman,

Thanks very much for the link. Good resouirce for other diy tasks as well.



Duke,

Thanks very much for the excellent write up - including the bit on testing before re-assembly - this is a great write up; I cannot believe that Haasman has not requested this be posted in the helpful tips section. Your write up, along with that of anthonyB back on 10-08-2001 got me through this time-consuming, but satisfying to complete task.

BTW, a couple of things that worked well, in addition to you good advice were:

- used a pretty good size "magnetic finger" to hold the tensioner's lower bolt while starting the threading process - could not really get 13 mm wrench to give enough grip - magnetic finger held nut fast until threading began, then switched to wrench.

- used a little anti-seize for the tensioner cap (under the bracket to ensure smooth operation later) (read this on an earlier post while I was researching topic).

Larry Bible,

Thanks for assist in diagnosing. Overheating, periodic squealing now but a memory - which is especially great given the temp here in Atlanta now - almost up there with Texas temps.


Really appreciate everyone's help.

KermitF