Tensioner question

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I've looked over the forum and couldn't find an answer to this.

I'm trying to make a spring loaded tensioner for an ATI P600B Procharger on an LT1 engine. I looked over the various tensioners and found the 86-93 5.0 unit was fairly close to the ATI piece.

I bought one from a parts house and can't figure out how it mounts to the engine. I've attached a front & rear shot of the piece I bought for reference.

How does this piece attach to the motor? Is there a special bolt or something that fits in the grooves on the rear of the tensioner? If so, is it available from the dealer?

Thanks for any help.

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axeman

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actually, the piece that it mounts to on the motor is threaded to accept a regular bolts that runs through that tensioner. i'm not sure why thopening on the back is shaped like that. that little nipple slips into a hole and secures the tensioner from spinning after it's bolted down. hope i was some help to you.

 

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That was helpful- I don't have a motor to look at for reference. As it turns out, the tensioner is pointing the wrong direction for where I want to mount it (look like a 1/2" bolt thru it will do the trick, though). I'll either have to find one with opposite tension or mount it below the blower.

Thanks for the reply.

 

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Yeah, that one is a little weird looking.

Just 1 bolt right through the middle that threads into the accessory bracket on the motor. That little nub fits inside a hole and that's what keeps it from spinnin

 

axeman

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on my car i deleted the power steering, AC, and smog to run a really short belt. i ended up needing to modify the tensionser so it pulled the opposite direction. there is a way to do that.

you take the tensioner apart by taking the black cover peice off. the spring inside fits in a little hole and you'll need to drill a new hole on the opposite side and fit the spring back in there. this might take a couple of tries to get the hole in the right place. you'll see once you play with it a little. the action of the spring will now work in the opposite direction it was designed to.

do a search and i'm sure you'll find more on this topic.

 

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Reversing the tensioner direction

That advice was why I came here. I'll give it a try & let you know how it works out.

Thanks again.

 

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Found the link to the webpage to do this on another thread, I'll link it here as well:

Reverse tensioner

 

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That was easy...

This has to be one of the easiest mods I'ver ever done . I drilled my hole 180 degrees opposite the other one for my application, and was able to use the ATI tensioner mounting hole & then filed a depression in the ATI slot for the nipple on the Ford tensioner... I was even able to trim the end of the tensioner down & use the ATI tensioner pulley. It is exactly in the middle of the blower belt. I'lll send a pic once I get it all bolted together.

Thanks for the info all. Net savings on this mod is close to $450.

 

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Most of the job is done, and I have it mounted to the ATI bracket. Here is a link to a pic from my webpage:
Tensioner installed w/o belt