65 here youngsters. I'm retired now and my 92 awd laser sits most of the time with occasional runs to keep things loose. It was given to me by my brother in law. It broke down on the lady that used to own it and she told him to go pick it up or she was going to let the wrecker driver have it. He...
Follow the Vfaq authors personal note on how to set the tention on the belt. it's the best way to do it. The problem is torqueing the bolt on the tensioner idler pully without increasing the tention on it. You have to hold the cam portion of the tentioner pully(the part with the two holes for...
Forget them dude! They are the ones that lost out. What goes around comes around. You have the right attitude and you'll do good anywhere. Apply with the big companys, even out of state if you have to. Go for the big fish. It pay off in retirement. They need people with integrity. That place...
Tell me about it. The belt that was on it was not OEM but it was made by a company that manufactured OEM parts for cars blah blah blah blah. The Gates belt that was on it was not cheap. it was 130$ plus. It was just noisy.
I know you guys were hanging on the edge waiting to find out what happened to the gap and the bad super charger whine.First off I loosened the Gates balance shaft belt and reinstalled the old tensioner and that quieted it down some. It was really noisy around the balance shaft area. The...
Hey DSM I'm going to try what you suggest. Oren I made my tensioner tool that works pretty good. Either way I have an OEM belt on the way. If I'm going to take everything apart again something is going to get fixed. Thanks for the help guys.