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Old 11-25-2009, 03:02 PM   #1
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After a quick look, that car has a belt, not a chain.

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Originally Posted by Zoomschwortz View Post
QUESTION:
Do these tensioners have provision for a hold down bolt that can be tightened after collapsing the tensioner to aid in removal of the timing chain?

I am thinking/hoping that the missing bolt wasn't supposed to be there and when he installed the new bolt, it locked the tensioner so it could no longer take up the slack in the timing chain when the engine is running.

Thanks in advance.
Ken
To answer the question. they do have that provision, and the factory actually uses it during assembly. That is why the mechanic may have thought a bolt was missing. Because the tensioner will bear a witness mark from the bolt that was temporarily used during assembly. Is that what you were after? Yes, that bolt will keep the tensioner from doing its job.
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