I think i lost a snap ring....

[Eric VerValin]

Is there one on the top side of the idler pulley housing? When I was painting / cleaning stuff @ 4 am, I think i lost it.. Looks like a snap ring fits in the groove there... Front tensioner. FYI

 

[Yamaha V6]

Yes. Not REQUIRED to put tension on, but rather to ensure the bolt doesn't drop through the hole with the belt off.

 

[Eric VerValin]

LoL.. thats what i was afraid of... I think i lost that thing back in 03 sometime.. The more I think about it, i remember it being that way.. maybe the rust / corrosion held it there for a while.. lol

 

[Eric VerValin]

Ok i just noticed the rear dosent have one at all ,but its sitting on top with a washer... strange the design is almost similar.. lol must be a Ford thing.


Well I found what i needed, LoweS calls it an E-Clip.. Gotta go somewhere else for the longer bolts tho. They stop @ 70 mm for a sholdered bolt for my tensioners / all that. When its all said and done, this will be a pretty lookin motor. I think anyway.

 

[93rev2sev]

The e-clip you got at lowes will fail...check for it in a week.

 

[Eric VerValin]

LoL probally... but it was on the car without one before so ? Remember this motor isnt even in yet..

 

[93rev2sev]

I lost mine in 2001. I just have to be aware of what I'm doing if I'm working on tensioner...so the rod dosent fall in...

 

[Eric VerValin]

**** mine was off for ooooo, I dont know... forever.. Only problem I had with that tensioner is one day I did a 60 on it, and didnt torque the right side bolt on the tensioner... well it backed itself out, and chewed up my shiny new gates belt in the process. Which reminds me, I gotta check and see if I still have numbers for those things.