Quote:
|
Originally Posted by KermitF
Duke,
Having just installed my new tensioner and have studied the parts and compared them against various posts here, I can confirm that, in the unloaded state, the imaginary lines from the two flats on the back side of the inner bushing do pass equidistant on each side of the pulley axis.
(My old tensioner looked to be @ 40 degrees off from this - for comparison purposes.)
KermitF
|
Thanks for that confirmation. Your old tensioner was definitely shot. If you had tried to tension the belt with it, you probably would have ended up bending the tensioning rod.
Can you run the vice test? (You don't need to worry about the jaws damaging the flats.) Or just put a 10" cresent on the flats, turn the inner bushing a bit and see if it rotates back. If not, the rubber bushing is broken, which I suspect is the case as was the case with the subject 300E tensioner.
Duke