4ringsa6

Hi Friends!

I am having a bit of squeaking belt issues on my 350. I initially replaced the belt thinking it was time. The squeaking stopped. Fast forward roughly 500 miles, belt noise is back. How Can i tighten the tensioner ? I noticed that my belt is not as "tight" as the day i had belt replaced. I tried to tighten it with a 14mm on the tensioner and turned towards the passenger side but the tensioner just moves and loosens the belt and gets back to its place once i stop. This isn't really making the belt tension any stronger so What am i doing wrong? Why wont the belt tighten up?

Do i have to completely relieve the tension 1st? Or can i just increase the tension from its position as-is?

I am sure there is some other issue at the moment such as a bad tensioner, which i will replace. But before i do that I want to confirm again by getting the tension back to normal and see if it gets loose again before I replace the tensioner.

Thank you!

MikeFig82

iTrader: (13)

Your belt tensioner is no good. It's spring loaded no adjustments can be made.

Gville350

iTrader: (10)

Assuming it is the correct belt, time to look into replacing the belt tensioner.