tensioner tool?

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

--- Drew Teague <roccnroll@hotmail.com> wrote:
>...I noticed the tensioner tool, and was wondering if this is a 
> necessary thing to have when doing timing belt/tensioner.  I don't 
> specifically remember seeing it in the Bentley, but I'm at work now and 
> can't check.

I haven't used a special tool, unless you call a nail a 'tool.'  I put it in one of the holes, put
the wrench on the nut and let it push the nail (rotating the tensioner - tightening the belt as it
as it tightens the nut), until the belt is at the specified tension.  I then remove the nail and
nip down the nut.  Takes a little diddling to get the nut and wrench in the proper position so you
reach belt tightness and nut tightness simultaneously; that takes all of 30 seconds.  

Another Cheapass® idea.

Ron


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