Adjust my belt tensioners?

[TRSCobra]

I tried to adjust my tensioners to remove my belts, and they would only turn a little bit easily, then they'd get stop. It looks like they are just regular turn-bolt-to-adjust tensioners... I had to cut my belts off

They were shot anyway, and I'm replacing all that stuff.

Are mine messed up? Should I remove the retaining clip?

 

[93MTXSHO_STUD]

retain clip? are you referring to the c clip on the tension adjustment hex bolt? on those pulleys they are expensive. Spin them if they dont make noise dont F with them. the bearing run you 40 or so each. But if your just doing the belts you should just use a 14mm wrench i think and crack the pulley nuts and by hand un-screw the hex bolts a little (not all the way), re-install new belts using the picture on the fan housing and push up on the pulleys as hard as you can to get the slack out and re-tighten by hand the hex bolts. When this is done tighten the bolts using like a 6mm allen wrench(or something like that) make sure its pretty tight or it will squeal bad. then tighten the 2 bolts for the tensioners and your done. Recall that tighting the bolts will also tighten the belts so dont tighten the hex bolts too much.

 

[SHOMA]

did you loosen the nut that holds the pulley on? If not, the tensioner (5mm allen key) wont loosen or tighten it..

 

[TRSCobra]

did you loosen the nut that holds the pulley on?

no, that was my mistake. I'm used to the tensioner on my jeep, where you just turn the bolt. I never had the nuts loose.