Originally Posted by
sprjit22
If it is going loose tight loose tight then it sounds like something is bent or out of round. I dont see how the tensioner could make it go tight loose etc etc. Make sure the tensioner is locked in place & rotate & see at what point it changes from loose to tight.
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i guess it all depends on what he's calling lose and tight, and also the direction that he's rotating the crank.
but yeah, if you're rotating the crank counter clock wize smoothly, and the belt gets tight in a certain position and then pretty loose when turned a lil more, and then back really tight again, it's got to be something bent, or something stuck in the teeth on one of the spockets.
i helped a guy that was having that same problem a while back, and he had a few peices of old T belt stuck in the teeth of the crank sprocket.
his motor sheared the teeth off of his belt and i guess it was pretty hot when it did it so some of the belt teeth kinda glued theirself in the sprocket teeth.
now on the other hand, if there is just a lil variance in the tight and loose, it could just need to be tightend a lil more. epecially if you're turning the crank backwards or kinda sloppy like stop start stop start.
it all depend's on just how loose and tight we're talkin about here!
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