2000 Pontiac Bonneville belt tensioner

2000 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
87,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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DWIDZINSKI
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By chance is the tensioner a left hand thread on the pully? i broke a tool, so I don't know if it a left hand thread or just really frozen.
Nov 26, 2009 at 5:15 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Standard thread.
Dec 16, 2009 at 8:15 AM
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DWIDZINSKI
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the thread on my car, which i am the one who asked the question. is indeed a left hand thread. you screw it in counterclockwise, which allows you to put a wrench on the bolt to move the tensioner back to install the belt. thanks guys but you were wrong in this case. i had to find out the hardway and remove the whole assy. and put it in a vice. then tried it both ways. viola! not lefty loosey,righty tighty.
Dec 16, 2009 at 10:25 AM
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