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Did you loosen the 19mm bolt that goes through the tensioner before loosening the adjusting rod? The adjusting rod is 13mm.
The tensioner adjusting rod is notorious for stripping out and snapping where it connects to the tensioner, so you will be turning the adjusting rod but its not actually turning the tensioner anymore. The tensioner assembly is also notorious for failing when the rubber core turns inside and it can no longer be re-tensioned. Also the belt adjuster shock can fail and in turn cause damage to the tensioner because the belt system can no longer absorb abrupt shocks like sudden RPM changes and ill-timed shifts.
I've done the tensioner 3 times on my car. The design sucks. And the quality of the replacement tensioners sucks even more.
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