Belt Tensioner Diagnosis
10-12-2010, 12:06 AM
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Belt Tensioner Diagnosis
Hello,
The spring which puts the tension on my belt tensioner recently snapped, destroying my belt. The belt pulley looked abraded from this episode and I've order a new one, along with a belt. I took off the belt fan, and noticed that the tensioner itself has a bit of back and forth play too it. In WIS I looked up this parts diagram and the pin it rides on is titled a "bearing". I don't think of bearing as allowing for as much wiggling as I'm getting on the tensioner , but I did also notice the tension dampener connector has a rounded design which would indicate to me perhaps it does wiggle back and for a bit.
How to I test my tensioner to make sure it's operating properly??? Car has 210k miles, btw.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Dustin
The spring which puts the tension on my belt tensioner recently snapped, destroying my belt. The belt pulley looked abraded from this episode and I've order a new one, along with a belt. I took off the belt fan, and noticed that the tensioner itself has a bit of back and forth play too it. In WIS I looked up this parts diagram and the pin it rides on is titled a "bearing". I don't think of bearing as allowing for as much wiggling as I'm getting on the tensioner , but I did also notice the tension dampener connector has a rounded design which would indicate to me perhaps it does wiggle back and for a bit.
How to I test my tensioner to make sure it's operating properly??? Car has 210k miles, btw.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Dustin
