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Originally Posted by CapedCadaver
oh... well i did tighten the lock nut... so the tensioner isn't relying on the spring. i just used the spring to set the tension. I just didn't pull on anything while tightening said locknut. I put the belt on, let go of the allen key, pulled the allen key out, then tightened the locknut.
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IMO that is wrong then ............... The tensioner has an in-built spring that, while the locknut is loose, will tighten the belt to the point where the tensioner spring reached its maximum ability - that happens to be not nearly enough to set the belt properly. Tightening the locknut at this stage achieves nothing other than locking the belt tension to that springs' tightening ability. The locknut has no use wrt tensioning - it simply prevents your pre-set belt tension from
changing because of unwanted tensioner rotation