Hello all, I have been dealing with a problem that has me scratching my head. I removed my fan and clutch several months ago. Even with the tensioner loose and slid all the way to the bottom, the 2 belts that go around the pump, crank, AC Comp, and the tensioner pulley, would not come off. I ended up taking off the clutch with the belts around the pulleys, and of course got the belts off that way.
I knew getting them back on would be a challenge
Well.....it was. No matter what I did to try and route the belts back on they were too short. I tried to bump the starter over to get the belts to ride onto the pulleys but no luck. My solution was get 2 slightly longer belts. Even those were tough to get back on, but I was successful.
Fast forward to present. Now that the belts have some miles on them, they have stretched, and there is no more adjustment possible.
SO, I'm thinking the way to put the correct size belts back on, is to remove the tensioner double pulley, thread the belts back on their respective pulleys and put the tensioner with the belts back on as a unit. Looking at how this tensioner is bolted to the bracket, it looks like there are a bunch of spacers, washers, and nuts that might make this a real tough job to get the tensioner back on.
I have included some pirated photos of the tensioner and the diagram of the tensioner pulley parts Thanks to those members that posted these photos.
Hopeful there is a better way. Advise welcome.
Thanks in advance.
RB6667