am i missing a drive belt tensioner ?

[Surf_ltd]

had a chap look at my Surf 1995, as he was going to change the belts,
he said that i was missing a tensioner for the drive belts?
thought the timing belt only had one, if not were can i get a tensioner for the drive belts

[Albannach]

had a chap look at my Surf 1995, as he was going to change the belts,
he said that i was missing a tensioner for the drive belts?
thought the timing belt only had one, if not were can i get a tensioner for the drive belts

The Timing belt only has one tensioner.

[Surf_ltd]

thanks mate,
its just when the belt snapped, and the garage replaced the belts, there was a bolt hanging loose in the engine bay,
see here http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ad.php?t=61544

just wondering that can be related,
the bolt is out the engine bay, maybe something it was connected to, fell off

[NiftyNev]

All belts need some sort of tensioner. The alternator does not need a seperate unit because the alternator itself pivots to do the tension. It will be the air con belt tensioner. It consists of a pulley with a bolt through the middle with a nut on the front mounted to a bracket and another threaded section on the back for another long threaded bolt to pass through from a section of the bracket for tensioning.

Nev

[Smego2]

had a chap look at my Surf 1995, as he was going to change the belts,
he said that i was missing a tensioner for the drive belts?
thought the timing belt only had one, if not were can i get a tensioner for the drive belts

Don't worry you can buy an almost new one here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-Hilux-S...item3a4f7dd5ef

a bit of blue tack and you will have it fitted in seconds.

[Albannach]

What's this thread about? Drive belts or the timing belt?

[NiftyNev]

Drive belts I suppose. His engine wouldn't be running without a cam belt tensioner.

Nev

[Albannach]

Drive belts I suppose. His engine wouldn't be running without a cam belt tensioner.

Just wondering why he specifically mentioned Timing Belt in post 1 if he's talking about drive belts. Very misleading.