Alll that comes with the Gates kit is the idler/tensioner and belt. I
could have gotten a kit for a lot less, but was in a hurry, and
O'reilly was the only place in town that had one. Some kit! NO
tensioner spring. I do believe that if I take the old idler/tensioner
with the still-attached and compressed spring, to Autozone, that they
have a loaner spring compressor tool, so I can get it switched over to
the new idler/tensioner. Guess I have to stick with the old
tensioner spring. There is no such thing as a u-pull-it in South
Texas, unfortunately.
You wouldn't happen to know how much the longest span on the belt
(the upper right) is supposed to deflect in the middle, would you?
That way I could at least check approx tension, because I would
imagine the belt is more prone to wander if not up to proper tension
from a weak spring. Still baffled as to how the belt could be moving
off the front of the pulleys/sprockets when both crank sproket guides
are installed! obviously am missing something. Thanks, Geronimo
