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Old 06-30-2005, 03:41 AM
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Excuse the nooby queston but where is the belt tension nut for the SC belt? I was going to install my new pulley but where the heck is this 15mm nut my ZZP instructions mentions? And if anyone could a picture with a arrow always help .

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I don't have a pic. But looking at the belt side of the motor, look at the alternator, then down about 5 inches and right about 4 inches. It'* pretty much the only pulley that is a 15mm instead of a torx head.

I'll never know why one is torx and the other is socket...
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This one right?


Cuz the other tensioner pulley is for the other belt which I'm not worried about.

And yeah my blets are crappy and have new ones.
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The SC tensioner pulley is held on by the torx bolt shown in your pic. I don't know what the ZZP nut is for tho. Here is some info I used to change my sc tensioner pulley. The only nut I know for a tensioner is on the tensioner pullley for the other belt. What pulley exactly did you get from ZZP? Tensioner, sc tensioner, or sc (like on the nose drive)?

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...hlight=#387804
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I bought the Modular pulley setup from ZZP. I was just very confused about looseing the belt tension cuz the instrustions said it was a 15mm nut but that was for the other belt. I need to lossen the tension on the sc belt and I'm also going to change to my idler pulley to a 3.5" (compared to 3") O-well I didn't have torx bits quite that large so I'm going to go buy a large set tomorrow so I can change that pulley and feel the power.

I will freak out if my tensionor setup breaks like yours did Echo.


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Double check the part number with them. Both tensioners on my 95 are 15mm bolts.
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Originally Posted by McGrath
I will freak out if my tensionor setup breaks like yours did Echo.
Not apreety sight!

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Double check the part number with them. Both tensioners on my 95 are 15mm bolts.
Is this the ZZP or Stock? Maybe you replace the stock torx w/ 15m. My stock series II SC tensioner bolt is Torx.
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This is stock, one tension is a 15mm nut the other is Torx.

But it doesn't look like I'm going to get my pulley in today... But hopefully I will be able to. I was just getting in my car to go pick up a new set of torx bits and bam! my starter is just clicking, this starter isn't even a month old.....
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Bummer. Let everyone know if you need any more info for the pulley!
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