1998 Jeep Cherokee "spring tension rollers" Questions

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...this be fixed? It sounds like you may be describing a belt tensioner. This is a roller that has a spring force which keeps the belt tight. The entire tensioner assembly can be replaced, or in some ...

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...the roller, they are available to do a repair buy unbolting from the tensioner assembly. If the spring in the tensioner is bad, then the tensioner assembly will need to be ...

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...TENSION SPRING ROLL PIN AND RETRACT THE BELT TENSIONER AWAY FROM THE TIMING BELT.TIGHTEN THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT TO LOCK THE TENSIONER IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. INSTALL NEW TIMING OVER THE CRANKSHAFT ...

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...a fair amount of force to overcome the spring tension. A proper size socket with a breaker bar onto the bolt head in the center of the roller will give you the leverage you need to release the ...

mean fan belt and pulley belts you cannot there self adjusting there is a large roller wheel with a spring loaded tensioner that does this if the bands are loose either the belts have stretched or the

...to slip on the bullys and tensioner rollers. Your belts could neet to be replaced or your tensioner springs could be weak. Inspect your belts for cracks and ...

...hole in the tensioner that you would put a 3/8 or 1/2 socket wrench head into to use to pull the spring loaded tensioner away from the belt. Look for a single roller on the belt-Should be about

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...spring tension will be pretty high, and you will need to use a lever bar and socket to lever against the spring to get the belt on. The flat roller will then tension against the belt as you release ...

...bar and the belt will loosen up the more you push, once you get the belt off of one roller, it"s easy rest of the way. You basically have to releive tension on a spring loaded arm to loosen the

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that is on the center of the tensioner roller. Attach a breaker bar to the socket and lever the tensioner back to losen the tension on the belt (be careful there is a lot of spring force to deal with

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