182 cam/aux belt - tensioner tool

[jack_davey]

I have bought the aux/cambelt kit and Genuine renault tools, however I didn't receive the tensioner tool for the aux belt tensioner pulley!

I've read on here that a lot of people make their own as the renault item bends, but as far as I can see you could use a 3/8th extension piece with a breaker bar or a 10mm square bit with a breaker bar?

If I cant use this, does anyone have the dimensions for the tool so I can get one made up?

Also do you need to use a sealing compound on the camshaft plugs?

 

[mark123]

Yep what you've suggested could work if you can get enough space to get them in there. I used a 1/2" to 3/8" adapter with the side filed down to get it in there.

You don't need to seal the camshaft blanking plugs.

 

[jack_davey]

Cool thanks.

I'm assuming you need the aux belt tensioner tool just to release the tension for a moment to get the belt on?

 

[T.Trophy]

I use a 1/4 breaker bar (about 6" long) then use a step up adapter to 3/8 this moves the bar far enough out to clear the tensioner then stick a socket and a long extention bar on the breaker bar handle and rotate anti clockwise.

Easy!

Steve

 

[sideways danny]

I made one with a foot long handle as i got sick to death of loosing knuckles with short bars/ratchets. makes it massively easier as the spring is quite strong

 

[SBV116]

I made one with a foot long handle as i got sick to death of loosing knuckles with short bars/ratchets. makes it massively easier as the spring is quite strong

Snap!! Got some good home made tools!

 

[Fred@BTM]

i've got the sexy snap on one, as borat would say "its nice!"

 

[sideways danny]

Snap!! Got some good home made tools!

special spanners are the way forward!! I have a big box of spanners with casting faults that i cut up and use for making special stuff

 

[rich-6]

I used a sump plug key and two spanners back to back lol. It worked ok but i did slip once and punched the head which bloody hurt, Felt like i'd broke my wrist

 

[caister]

I put a 90mm jubilee clip around the spring and tightened it up. Worked a treat.

 

[jack_davey]

i've got the sexy snap on one, as borat would say "its nice!"

Cool where did u get that from? have you got a part no Fred?

I put a 90mm jubilee clip around the spring and tightened it up. Worked a treat.

Thought you had to use the jubilee clip aswell as the 'special tool'?

 

[caister]

I didn't. The jubilee was my special tool

 

[jack_davey]

cool, that means alot less hassle for me then!

 

[jack_davey]

Anyone got any dimensions for the 'special tool', want to start the job well prepared!

 

[YozzaSport]

Get the Snap On one - its great, and only about £30

/y0z

 

[jack_davey]

Yeah I'd really like to go for that as all my ratchets and extensions are snap on and they are very good. But I dont know what I'm ordering, have you got a reference number or anything for the tool?

 

[jack_davey]

Is this the snap on one? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...d=1557&supersede=&store=snapon-store&tool=all

 

[T.Trophy]

I'll wait for someone who's used a snap on one to confirm this.

But to me it looks as though the tool is too shallow.

The square (3/8th) hole is recessed at the back of the tensioner, and therefore the tool needs to stickout far enough so when it's in place there is enough clearance to actually pass the front of the tensioner when de-tensioning the belt

People who have done a tensioner will understand this, to everyone else it'll just look like gibberish

Steve

 

[jack_davey]

Nah I see what you mean, the alternator and its mounting bracket protrude a lot further out that the tensioner, so you need quite a big step to reach the square hole in the tensioner.

 

[Mangate]

Just changed my belts yesterday. I had read about using a 3/8" drive, but all of mine were either too long to fit between the body and the tensioner or too wide and would not enter the square hole due to the closeness of the spring. I ended up pushing a large screwdriver through a hole from the headlight cavity and leavering the tensioner pulley upwards. I adjusted the height of the engine to give me the maximum leaverage.
The hardest part of the whole process was trying to get the lower plastic timing cover in and out without it breaking.

 

[jack_davey]

^ cool! I might have to just try my luck with a 90mm jubilee clip

 

[Crossers]

Did my Aux belt/tensioner yesterday, used the jubilee clip trick. Worked perfectly! (used one from the air box ). Just take off top engine mount and raise/lower the engine to access the bolts.

Paul

 

[BRUN]

at work they use a thin bar with a short 3/8 wobbly bit on the end

 

[jack_davey]

Did it today, used a 3/8th inch sump plug key with a 3/8 drive breaker bar, the jubilee clip worked getting the original belt off, but not getting the new one on!