91
General Car Chat / Re: Thanks JLR
« on: 24 June 2022, 08:59:51 »Is that the main tensioner on the arm? Is it obvious when the spring has failed, or is it guesswork about how much pressure its applying?Tensioner pulleyNo idea until I get the belt off.
Obviously my plan is to remove the belt and go round all the accessories checking.
But it could be just the belt, as I've never changed it (obviously), and can't see any recent history of it being changed. Its routed in such a way that it wraps around all pulley quite a way, so it could be its worn out the V's on the belt. The plan is to just slap the new one on if I cant find any obvious issues with the driven components, and see if that cures it.
Quite a lot to remove to even see the bloody thing on one of those
Landy rover's with that donkey suffer with lower spring tensioner failing
My gut feeling is it sounds like the belt is a bit loose, but no slipping type noises.
Yes the main tensioner,the arm wears and puts the pulley at an angle which will throw the belt if excessive