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Using the alternator bolt as a timing tension tool

beaner

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This is an alternative to MD998738 for compressing the auto tensioner while changing the timing belt. Click covers using the battery tie down bolt, which is fine, but mine is long gone and I don't have a 8mm x 1.25 die anyways.

This does require modding the head of the bolt slightly and bending the shield where the tool would normally pass through. Note the bottom of the head on the bolt was ground down as much as possible. This is needed to clear the bracket above the idler pulley.



Auto tensioner fully compressed:
 
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