Changing Tensioner
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Changing Tensioner
I'm installing a Katech billet tensioner this weekend on a '99 FRC. Most OEM tensioners have a 1/2" drive hole in them to release the tension with a breaker bar to get the belt off. Looking at mine, it doesn't seem to have that. What's the procedure? Wrench or socket on the pulley bolt to rotate it? Save me the time of digging it out of the shop manual. TIA.
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I'm installing a Katech billet tensioner this weekend on a '99 FRC. Most OEM tensioners have a 1/2" drive hole in them to release the tension with a breaker bar to get the belt off. Looking at mine, it doesn't seem to have that. What's the procedure? Wrench or socket on the pulley bolt to rotate it? Save me the time of digging it out of the shop manual. TIA.
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I'm installing a Katech billet tensioner this weekend on a '99 FRC. Most OEM tensioners have a 1/2" drive hole in them to release the tension with a breaker bar to get the belt off. Looking at mine, it doesn't seem to have that. What's the procedure? Wrench or socket on the pulley bolt to rotate it? Save me the time of digging it out of the shop manual. TIA.
Seems like it's a 16 or 17mm IIRC. I've slept since I last changed mine.
