I would remove the belt and check the new tensioner to see if it is still any good. Either the belt is way too tight, the tensioner is no good, or a sprocket is not true. How did you set the tension?
Russ Mike Fisher said: > Here are some pics to go along with this. They are pretty large, but I > didnt want to cut down the quality of them, so forgive me if you are on > dial-up... > > http://greenbush.org/~mike.fisher/tensioner1.jpg > http://greenbush.org/~mike.fisher/tensioner2.jpg > http://greenbush.org/~mike.fisher/tensioner3.jpg > http://greenbush.org/~mike.fisher/tensioner4.jpg > > Thanks! > Mike > > Mike Fisher wrote: > >> I have an 85 Shelby Charger. It has the standard square tooth timing >> belt setup. Last night, when I started tearing it down to do the T2 >> conversion, I found that the belt was chewed up on one side, and it >> was riding over the lip of the tensioner and was wearing into the >> timing belt cover. The rest of the belt looked fine, except for the >> outside 1/8 th of an inch. I just replaced the tensioner about a year >> ago, because I thought the bearing was going out in the old one. I >> got the new one from O'reilly's, and it is all plastic, compared to >> the metal one that was one if from the factory. I checked all of the >> pulleys for tightness, and they all seem to be snug and not moving. >> The oil pump/distributor shaft seems to have just a itty bitty bit of >> play, but I wouldn't think it would be enough to hurt anything. >> Anyone have any ideas? Thanks. >> >> -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- >> >> Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ >> >> To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html > > -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- > Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ > > To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html > Thanks, Russ -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
