[Shotimes] Belt Tensioners

[M Khan]

Thanks bill and others,

D'oh, I just read up on shoforum that you should
loosen the pulley bolt first, then go for the
tensioner screw.  I think I will be able to still get
enough torque on it to let it loose.

Mike
95 MTX

--- Bill Murray <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com> wrote:
> Did you loosen the nut on the pulley first before
> trying to turn the allen screw?  You need to do that
> first to "unlock" it.  Your idea sounds like a good
> one as far as how to remove the existing tensioners.
> 
> Bill Murray
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M Khan <jkhan302@yahoo.com>
> Date: 03/29/05 04:26 PM
> To: shotimes <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Shotimes] Belt Tensioners
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> While attempting to change the drivebelts on my 95
> MTX, I successfully rounded out the 5mm allen head
> on
> the tensioner screws.  They are frozen up very
> badly,
> I even tried vicegrips around the head of the bolt,
> but there really isn't enough room.
> 
> My question, what is the best strategy to change the
> belts now?, I have a spare set of tensioners, so I
> was
> thinking to cut the belts, remove the tensioners and
> swap in the other ones (which are not frozen).
> 
> Any opinions?  Anybody run into this before?  How
> hard
> is it to remove the rear tensioner, it looks like
> the
> inner fenderwell will have to be taken out.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 95 MTX
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