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How do you remove belt tensioner pulley?
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The opposite way than the way you turn to loosen the belt, so left hand thread if I remember correctly.
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Better to replace the complete tensioner.
I replaced just the pully but then had to do the tensioner bc the belt was chirping due to soft/worn tensioner
I replaced just the pully but then had to do the tensioner bc the belt was chirping due to soft/worn tensioner
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left hand thread. but as mentioned replace assembly
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The springs in the tensioner can also cause water pumps to fail. Sometimes they don't bounce enough when they get old. They can also bounce too much as well. But if the spring doesn't flex enough it places pressure on the pump bearing. You will need an oring kit and that doesn't come with the tensioner unfortunately.