Originally Posted by DecBro (Post 11730100)

Such a detailed video, thank you! After the previous thread on HOW TO timing belt lost all its pictures, this will be very helpful for a lot of people.

Nice work! {thumbup}

Originally Posted by barneyb (Post 11731248)

There's always a critic so here goes....

You want the tensioner pulley adjusted to where the grenade pin is loose in the tensioner. When you did the tensioner pulley adjustment on the fly I saw the grenade pin rotate so it was loose. You did it right but maybe by accident or maybe you just know what you are doing - dunno.

A loose grenade pin provides maximum travel from the tensioner. Setting the tensioner with too much plunger protrusion and having the belt become loose before the next service interval would not be good.

Originally Posted by DontStopMe (Post 11731253)

Side question for you, now that its had time to settle, the grenade pin is no longer easy to remove/insert since the plunger pushed out a small bit. I assume this is normal and just the auto tensioner doing its job?

Originally Posted by paul4x4 (Post 11731303)

And bookmarking this too. Great videos man. Is there a way we can follow certain people on this forum so we see their new posts, kind of like with Facebook? OP would be someone I'd follow if that was possible on here!

Originally Posted by barneyb (Post 11731302)

When I did mine, as you say, let it settle, I left it overnight. Next morning the grenade pin was tight and I set it again. But I think this is just being anal. Any shop mechanic is going to shove it out the door with little wait for things to settle.

The DSM manual for the same engine had you measuring the protrusion of the tensioner pin. Doing this from under the car was difficult. I actually made two gauges. If one fit between the tensioner arm and the tensioner body, it was too loose. If the other didn't fit it was too tight. When people started pointing out that getting the pin to be a loose fit accomplished the same thing no one was unhappy.

And I should say, otherwise a very excellent video. You might just stick on a pointer drawing attention to the fact the grenade pin becomes loose when the belt is properly tensioned and then perfect.

Originally Posted by barneyb (Post 11731308)

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The b-belt is of some concern to me. I found my factory b-belt sloppy loose at the 60K service interval. I thought I'd tensioned its replacement a little on the tight side due to this finding. I went in and retensioned the b-belt at 90K, I was hearing a noise and it was rather loose again. So I've been suggesting people revisit the b-belt 30K after installation. It really needs some sort of spring loaded tensioner.

Originally Posted by DontStopMe (Post 11731330)

Sounds like all the more reason to remove it entirely. Have you ever ran without it?