Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:53:18 +0000 (UTC) From: "Tomnospamtech" <saabtechnospamnnect.com> Subject: Re: Serpentine Belt tensioner
"Richard Sutherland-Smith" <richard.ssnospamr.net.nz> wrote in message news:46eb73194d.Richardnospamard.ss.clear.net.nz... >I have just replaced the timing chain and the balancer chain on a 1996 > 9000 Aero Automatic with the engine in the car. > How does one compress the serpentine belt tensioner again to put the belt > back on. > Any good ideas appreciated. > Thanks > -- > > Richard Sutherland-Smith > 19 Webb Road, Wanganui 5001, > New Zealand There is a special tool for the job, but you can do it by using a long 19mm spanner on the centre bolt of the belt tensioning pulley that is next to the tensioner itself. Turn the bolt anti clockwise, You MUST do this slowly as the tensioner is a blind hydraulic cylinder with a effing strong spring inside it. The bolt itself is lht so it wont come undone. I would suggest a dummy run first to get the feel of it before trying to put on the belt, Do not just let the tension off but release it slowly, Regards, Tom, Saabtech.