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Broken Square Lug on Belt Tensioner
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Posted by Martin Barnes (more from Martin Barnes) on Sat, 2 Mar 2002 02:45:53 Share Post by Email
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I have just purchased my first Saab car. It’s a 1997 900S 3 door manual 2.3i having done 77000kms. On inspection of the serpentine belt on the vee grove side all the vees were cracked at regular intervals. I decide to change it and looking at this site it seemed to be quite easy job. On looking further I was dismayed to find the tensioner hole broken on the side you pull against. I rang the local Saab agent to see if they had belts in stock – they did so my wife went and purchased one. I was wondering how to lock the tensioner in its retracted position. I decide to cut a bit of wood and jam it in the crank pulley and then turn the engine. This enabled me to compress the tensioner arm and lock it in position with the 6mm pin. I then took off the tensioner assembly by undoing the 8mm hex bolt.

I then manufactured my own bar to be able to load the tensioner. I made a steel section of steel that would fit in the broken hole and welded a bent piece of flat that would bear down on the casting just past the broken side. I then drilled a 3/16” hole on the good rear side of the square and into the 1/2" steel. I then welded a 16” square hollow tube for the purchase lever. With the new belt fitted I was able to insert the tool in the broken square pop in a piece of 3/16” pin steel – pull on the tool and remove the 6mm pin release the tensioner arm to tension the belt. I will be looking into changing the idler pulleys in the very near future.

A question I have is on the tensioner assembly. What gap would you expect between the casting of the assembly where you put in the 6mm pin in the lugs. Why I’m asking is I have noticed that the belt on the tensioner pulley does not run in the middle. The old belt was rubbing very slightly in the tensioner aluminium arm. Has anyone else seen this and know what the problem is.

Thanks – Martin Barnes
Auckland New Zealand


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