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Re: toyota timing belt tensioner
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 8/7/2004

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Jerry,

The reason is so that you can loosen the 14mm bolt and let the spring tension tighten the belt. The 5S-FE t-belts were very prone to stretching and causing a "belt slap" noise(usually around ... Login to read more.