Power Steering Belt Tension

[SupraDuty]

Ok, so trying to tighten the tension on the power steering belt, I don't see any spot for a breaker bar to be fed into the housing...just sort of leveraged it as much as I could and got some tension in it but it's got about 1/2 inch of slack in the belt..I don't know what it had before so I don't know if this is good enough or it should be more...the manual says like 100lbs, I don't have a gauge.

So two questions, what is the proper way to get some tension on the belt? Is there a spot for a breaker bar I'm not seeing...or some adjustment bolt? Also how much tension should there be? How much play in the belt when it's at proper tension?

:1zhelp:

 

[bountykilla0118]

This might not be the correct way but i losened the bolt in the front of the pump and i put a pry bar on a solid area of the pump or bracket to increase the tension and my free play is basically none

 

[CPT Furious]

I know, thread from the dead, but....

This is one of those things where I wonder why we don't have a tensioner like the A/C and the water pump/alternator belt.

Has anybody custom made one or what are the best techniques for getting the tension right?

 

[rayall01]

Ok, so trying to tighten the tension on the power steering belt, I don't see any spot for a breaker bar to be fed into the housing...just sort of leveraged it as much as I could and got some tension in it but it's got about 1/2 inch of slack in the belt..I don't know what it had before so I don't know if this is good enough or it should be more...the manual says like 100lbs, I don't have a gauge.

So two questions, what is the proper way to get some tension on the belt? Is there a spot for a breaker bar I'm not seeing...or some adjustment bolt? Also how much tension should there be? How much play in the belt when it's at proper tension?

:1zhelp:

Pry bar always worked well for me. One hand on the bar, one on a wrench on the adjuster bolt, and tighten pivot bolt after final position. Takes about five minutes.

 

[rayall01]

I know, thread from the dead, but....

This is one of those things were I wonder why we don't have a tensioner like the A/C and the water pump/alternator belt.

Has anybody custom made one or what are the best techniques for getting the tension right?

Ya know, I'm just rebuilding my engine. If I can figure a way to do it, I'll post.

 

[NTRA08]

I usually get someone to help me. Last time I had my little bro under the car pushing on the pump while I tightened it.

 

[92TealSupra]

Pry bar always worked well for me. One hand on the bar, one on a wrench on the adjuster bolt, and tighten pivot bolt after final position. Takes about five minutes.

Agreed.

 

[CPT Furious]

True, those work well, but why didn't Toyota just put one on there like the A/C or alternator belt? It seems like there could have been a way to make that happen...