Anyone in this group needing a tensioner tool is welcome to use mine for the price of postage.The only thing i ask is that you send the money first and if you break the tool you replace it.My email is juzmackjr@msn.com.

 

How do you not break the BMW tool?
First the weld broke. Got that welded.
Then one of the pins broke. Mine worked okay with only one pin.
Great offer juzmackjr. I'm just being a _____.

 

That tool is a ripoff anywho.... I used a clever concoction of 3 well placed bolts and a huge flathead screwdriver.

 

Built my own, anyone in my area (local) that needs to use it contact me.

 

If anyone wants, I'll send you a big stick.

 

It is highly recommened that if you get an oem tensioner tool, get it rewelded into THE TENSIONATOR:



... or else it will do this:

 

Can anybody post dimensions of the tool for the diy-ers out here? I think I could build one easily enough if I knew some measurements for it.

Thanks!

 

The pins appear to be 5mm diameter, and they protrude 10mm from the tool. Their centers are 35 mm apart.

 

Andy's dimensions are correct. I used them to make mine.

Thanks again Andy

 

Kendorf, Bisch

 

 

Andy,

What's the distance between the 1st pin and the corner of the bend? Thanks!:smile:

 

I'm not sure what you mean. Can you draw a diagram?

 

For my 1st question, what the distance of X? And since I'm already drawing, what's the distance of Y? And why don't they just weld the two pins straight along the flat bar? Thanks!:smile:

 

I don't know why you really need one of these unless you are changing belts/pulleys regularly? A large screwdriver or crowbar works just fine.

Andy, what did you do to that thing and what kind of metal is it?

The TENSIONATEHER?

 

All dimensions are in mm.

The pins appear to be 5mm diameter, and they protrude 10mm from the tool. Their centers are 35 mm apart.

 

Yes, they totally suck so bad. We get about 1/2 of them back after our very light use from our customers so we have started welding them here before sending them out...but we are in the process of having some made for us, because they are totally expensive...

 

I do both

I used it twice, the second time it had the consistency of warm taffy. It appears to be made of "steel". It is ferrous, attracts a magnet, and rusts easily, yet it appears to have the strength of pot metal.

 

Yea, it looks like pot metal.

Cool, someone invented a weldable pot metal so you can buy cheap tools and easily modifiy them to work well.

Is that really easier and cheaper than doing it right the first time?

 

 

Thanks for the diagram Andy!!!

 

Bump

 

+1

 

what is that 3/4 circle for? You know, the ring looking thingy.

 

Talk about bringing an old thread back too life!!
It is the pivot point of sort, where it sits and rocks while you pull back, till you can lock it in postion. Most of the tools are better now....out motoring, etc sells then for about $100.