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the timing belt needs to be changed, that is why i am messing with it, its well over due.
the tensioner presses on an arm on the other end of the arm there is a pulley that pulley you can swing to tighten it prior to the tensioner putting tension on the arm; according to the manual you must have special tool MD998767 and swing this pulley to the point where pressing up against the timing belt requires 31 in.lbs of torque. Once that is done you release the pin in the tensioner, and pull out the threaded rod holding down the tensioner and it applies the perfect amount of pressure on the timing belt, but doesn't doesn't go out all the way...
But what I am saying is, without that special tool I have no way of turning the pulley to those specs, I have seen that people just pry the pulley until it is "about right"
I need to tighten this pulley because it had to be replaced...
I suppose I could measure the rod that I would use to pry the pulley and calculate how much force would be required to put 31 in.lbs on that pulley....but I was just wondering what people do in this situation without that torque-tensioning tool (not to be confused with the threaded rod, or the actual tensioner itself)
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