Keano
11th March 2009, 08:44 PM
Came accross this today and thought that I would post it up here as I found it to be very usefull...
This pic shows how much tension is in the aux belt on the S. If it is in the position shown in the pic then all is fine. You are supposed to have at least part of the hole in the metal prong (the bit with the twist at the top) sticking out. As tension drops then the metal with the twist in it goes down (towards the bottom right of the pic) which is basically happening as your belt stretches this can lead to belt slip and a loss of boost....
Its a nice easy way of seeing what condition your belt is in :thumbup:
http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt229/Keano04JCW/SCbelttensioner.jpg
This pic shows how much tension is in the aux belt on the S. If it is in the position shown in the pic then all is fine. You are supposed to have at least part of the hole in the metal prong (the bit with the twist at the top) sticking out. As tension drops then the metal with the twist in it goes down (towards the bottom right of the pic) which is basically happening as your belt stretches this can lead to belt slip and a loss of boost....
Its a nice easy way of seeing what condition your belt is in :thumbup:
http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt229/Keano04JCW/SCbelttensioner.jpg