How are you meant to tension this cambelt tensioner? *pic inside*

[Cro]

More a question for the engine im stripping down currently but unlike the renault cambelt tensioner this doesn't have the slot so you know that it has been tensioned to the right amount

How are you supposed to know when it has been tensioned enough? The engine had belt slip and 8 valves bend sightly. To me this could well have been the cause, it wasn't anywhere near the position where I would have had tensioned a renault one

 

[T.Trophy]

Not sure what you mean mate? you use an allen key to rotate it untill that little triangle (3 o clock position) lines up with the notch (5 o clock position).

Have you not got the service manuals? it describes it all in there. Fire me a PM with your email address and I'll send you a copy.

Steve

 

[Cro]

No no i'm dead on with that Stevie, any of mine have been grand. I should have taken a pic of the renault one too for reference. The allen key top part rotates, what looks like the second part below that with the notch in it does NOT and the part below that with the triangle does NOT.

Normally the top part with the allen key has a triangle in it to line up with that notch but this doesn't, so how would you know where to tension to is what i' saying

 

[Cro]

Not sure who's this is but you can see here how just below 'A' there is a groove so you can line up and know when it is tensioned enough

 

[T.Trophy]

Just checked the workshop manual mate and it's definitely B and C (in the photo above) which you line up?

 

[Fred@BTM]

the allen key bit should ALWAYS end up at 12 o'clock, or just before it (notch and arrow will line up at this point)

if its not, regardless of the notch and aroow, DO NOT FIT

 

[Cro]

Maybe its just this tensioner then, the middle part (with the notch) doesn't move in the slightest. Had me stumped anyway

 

[bmh.01]

Are you holding the tab on the back static when you move the tensioner?