How does this stupid tensioner work? Please Help!
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From: Faibanks Ak.
Can you post a picture of your tensioner. I have never seen one that is so much trouble.
Not familar with a hydrolic tensioner though most applications are spring loaded. Is that the only idler on your engine.
Not familar with a hydrolic tensioner though most applications are spring loaded. Is that the only idler on your engine.
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From: Macungie Pa
No its not its not the only idler on the truck. there is one below the tensioner.
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From: Faibanks Ak.
Can you get a wrench or crescant on the ear where the shock hooks on the idler and push to where it collapses the shock. is it possible that shock is stuck in that position.
Have you tapping it with a hammer to see if you have any movement at all.
Have you tapping it with a hammer to see if you have any movement at all.
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Chicken Fried,
Yours is the same as mine. If you referred to my previous post and the tensioner will not flex [towards the passenger side] with the socket on the pulley wheel then your tensioner is shot. It should flex and then return when pressure is released.
Yours is the same as mine. If you referred to my previous post and the tensioner will not flex [towards the passenger side] with the socket on the pulley wheel then your tensioner is shot. It should flex and then return when pressure is released.
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From: Macungie Pa
Also I tried loosening the torx bolt but that just wanted to strip itself.
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Did you take the bolt out and look at? It sounds like it's stripped.
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From: Macungie Pa
Not yet, I figured that it in a sleeve of somesort so that the pulley can still spin. I am going to check on it tonight and will let you know.
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Next step I'd do too is take the shock off and see if you can get it to collapse in a vice or small press.
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