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My experience Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:50:12 In Reply to: Quasimotors Belt Procedure vs. Haynes vs. Saab, 94 9000 CSE T, Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:08:44 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I pretty much followed the Quasi method. It was a one person job. I compressed the tensioner with a large breaker bar from underneath (wheel liner out). That gave me good leverage and it was easy to get the homemade tool into place.
One thing I did was to fashion a loop out of a strap - the kind I use to tie boats down to my Thule rack - around the lower suspension member. I slipped it around the end of the breaker bar, and tightened it up as I pulled down. This means that although I used my strength to pull the breaker bar down and compress the tensioner, the strap took over the job of holding the breaker bar in place. Then with one hand to make sure the strap didn't fly off the breaker bar, I had a hand available to place the tool.
I actually tired pulling up on the belt to compress the tensioner, but it required much more strength than I possess. The breaker bar provides leverage, and Leverage makes for easy jobs.
I used the homemade tool because it keeps the tensioner compressed. I prefered that to the 'strap' method because you don't have the tensioner completely uncompressed.
With the tool in place, the rest is easy.
As to the tool, make the metal THICK. I forget what Quasi recommends, but that is the minimum thickness. And buy good quality bolts, too. There is an amazing amount of pressure from that tensioner, and with a bar the thickness of Quasi's recommendation, it bent a little. If it matters, I've seen the Official Saab Tool break.
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