belt tesioner-how do i remove?

[stockers 1]

hi all, can anyone tell me how to remove the belt tensioner?

cheers adam

[IbiVR 0]

On the top of the tensioner you'll see a threaded hole - off the top of my head its a 6mm thread. wind in a nice long bolt until the belt goes slack enough to come off the pulley, your gonna need about a 40-50mm long bolt.

Once the belts off you can take the tensioner off by the 3 13mm bolts that hold it on to the block

Edit: Done a quick pic for you:

Tom.

[stockers 1]

thanks tom, thats perfect

[SankysVR6 1]

There was a post about this last week.

But since it's you Adam here's my reply

Theres 3 bolts holding the tensioner in place remove any one of the bolts. Place the bolt in threaded hole in the tensioner and wined it in to realse the tension from the belt.

Change the belt

Relase the bolt form the tensioner and place it back where you took it out of earlier

[stockers 1]

thanks sanks, i'm only taking the tensioner off to give it a bit of a clean, is it worth replacing the belt anyway while its off?

[GVK 1]

It's an M8 bolt btw - I replaced mine at the weekend.

[mightyvr6 0]

thanks sanks' date=' i'm only taking the tensioner off to give it a bit of a clean, is it worth replacing the belt anyway while its off?

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It's worth replacing the pulley bearing or repacking it with grease whilst it's off.

[SankysVR6 1]

thanks sanks' date=' i'm only taking the tensioner off to give it a bit of a clean, is it worth replacing the belt anyway while its off?

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Only if it looks warn and tired. But then again it only takes 10mins to replace it, so as you taking the tensioner off might aswell go and replace it for what it costs

[stockers 1]

thanks sanks' date=' i'm only taking the tensioner off to give it a bit of a clean, is it worth replacing the belt anyway while its off?

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It's worth replacing the pulley bearing or repacking it with grease whilst it's off.

cheers fella

[stockers 1]

thanks sanks' date=' i'm only taking the tensioner off to give it a bit of a clean, is it worth replacing the belt anyway while its off?

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Only if it looks warn and tired. But then again it only takes 10mins to replace it, so as you taking the tensioner off might aswell go and replace it for what it costs

and cheers to you too

[fredfelcher 0]

There's a decent article on overhauling it here:

http://www.the-corrado.net/wiki/index.php/VR6_belt_tensioner_pulley_repair

I just changed the grease on mine and it made it silent!