So I took my s/c off today mainly to prep myself for installing the dual pass endplate, just so I knew what I was in for and stuff (first time taking it off). Everything was pretty cut and simple till i got to that damn tensioner. The taking it off was easy, I weasled it off blah blah, putting it back on was a totally different story. After some blood on the pulleys and a bit of scruffing up the idler, it got on... Is there a better way than just an open end 15mm? I could've just said **** this car today.

 

did you take the tensioner off? or were you just getting the belt off?

 

dont you have to turn the opposite ways to get tensioners on and off? just checking.

 

yea lossemeong that thing is a pita
There is a company that makes a tool that makesbit easier pulleyboys makes it if I remember correctly
You could also get am adjustable tensioner from zzp or ca which makes it a bit easier IMO

 

yeah ralli i was just taking the belt off.
i emailed zzp about their tensioner to see if they could mail me instructions and more info.
looked into that pulleyboys thing and 90 bucks is kinda ridiculous, atleast the 100zzp thing i can reuse if i drop pulleys, right? Im guessing its a direct replacement of the stock tensioner?
I just felt like i was rounding the stock piece off everytime the damn wrench would slip

 

you gotta man up and use man strength. Stop getting your gf to help you.

 

hammer a 14 on there works like a charm

 

does that help with the wrench wanting to jump off the freakin thing everytime you try to push out?

 

I don't even play with the tensioner. I just loop the belt around the s/c, and then push the supercharger down on the manifold and start putting the screws in. Bingo, easy as ****.

 

Hmm that's a good idea also...i'd be kinda worried about knocking something off or bending a mounting stud or the gasket though lol

 

done it like 20 times now.

 

is it tough to push it up on there so it's tight enough or pretty easy?

 

it's tough. but it's easier than fooling with that damn tensioner pulley.

 

yeah that's what i figured. do you bolt up that first upperhand left corner bolt first cause of the fuel rail or is it different on the balts?

 

i havent tryed ralliartist method but whe i hammer the 14mm on mine i was able to pull the tensioner with one hand and use the other hand for the belt to hell with that 15 slip off junk

 

hmm i may try both methods lol.
i'm considering getting a 14" and grinding it out to 14.5 or something like that also

 

it helps when you have someone putting the belt on while you compress the tensior makes it alot easier and use the long style 15mm.

 

I just changed my tensioner pulley and belt and all that blah blah...
I found it easiest to use a small pair of vice grips...
wasn't easy pushing the tensioner down but they stayed in place and was nicer then useing the 15mm.
oh and gloves...i learned that from hurting my hand on the thing from the pressure I was applying.

 

i tried to shove vice grips on there but none of them were small enough to fit inbetween the damn pulley and that mount used for pulling the motor lol