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Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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I still remember the wise words of Britwrench over 1 1/2 years ago when I did my headgasket.... he said
"tensioning the belts is more an art than a science" I am no experienced wrench by any stretch of the imagination, I shelled out the $400 for the tool. I don't have the experience of "feel". Over the last year I have pulled my cover off about 12 times. During routine maintenance, for fun etc.... each time trying to learn the "feel". I think I have the feel now, but at first I was waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy of, even with the 90 degree twist. I managed to change my belts, do my head gasket, retension my belts at every 5,000 km (because I am neurotic). .......in my case the tool has payed for itself over and over again... It all depends what you are planning on doing with your car. I have had my car a long time and it will stay with me for many years to come, I have plans on adding another one to the stable fairly soon.... so the $400 investment on the tool in my case was a cheap investment.
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08-22-2002, 08:10 PM
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Location: Fort Worth, TX, USA
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[Get the belts tight if you hear a noise coming from the front then the belts are too tight.]
Generally the belts will whine if they are too tight (mine did)-- I'm sure I'd not trust doing it by feel -- especially if I didn't know what the 'feel' was! As a last resort you could snug them up and then imediately take it to a mechanic for the tension check; but, by the time you did that you'd hav ethe tension tool half paid for.
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