Auto tensioner help!

[rocafellafw]

Trying to wrap up a the nightmare of my first timing belt job. Had the car running for 3 days then the belt jumped shutting the car down so it's been down since that happened. It jumped because we had too much slack. Now we have one small problem to get over and I can finally have my car back. The length the tensioner rod should come out should be between 3.8-4.5 mm (.15-.18 in.). As the car sits out front right now the rod it sticking out 10mm. WE have been going over the v-faq, videos, and various guides and cannot figure out how to close that gap. The arm that the rod rests on just moves up and allows the rod to come out. We are kinda doing this without the special rod tool, we have one but for some reason every time we screw the rod in it hits a waterpump bolt ? Any suggestions or tips on how to keep the arm holding the tensioner rod in place ?

I'm wondering if my auto tensioner is bad. How much pressure should it take to push the rod in ? It's brand new and the only way to compress it was a vice and even that was hard. We tried with our hands against something solid and it was impossible. Should the auto tensioner have this much pressure ?

 

[luv2rallye]

YES it should have that much pressure. Make sure you are using ONLY a factory tensioner and belt or things may not align up correctly or you may have a premature failure. This site is filled with aftermarket TB and tensioner woes where people regretted the savings they got with aftermarket. It's not worth the risk of bending the valves should the TB break or slip too far (you should make sure your valves haven't been damaged if it slipped more than 3 teeth).
Here's some TB install tips: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...5-timing-belt-tensioning-tips-4g63-turbo.html