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[Dynamite76]

Okay, I've been a little lazy and have had some mechanical issues with my DD, so have about 500 more miles on my new T-belt (replaced at a shop) without adjusting the tension. Hopefully I can get the DD back on the road, and then park the 924S for a while to do needed maintenance.

I was going to order a Krinket tool to adjust the T-belt tension, and understand it may take several readings to get correct tension. I have found some other tools out there as well. Any recommendations?
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88 924S

[ronined]

Perhaps the Arnnworx 920X tensioning tool ( http://www.arnnworx.com )?
I have NOT used it, can't vouch for it, but am thinking about getting it.

Ed
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'87 924S

[Dynamite76]

A bad caliper on the daily driver means more mileage and less money for the track toy.

I think a lot of people on Rennlist have had success with the krinket. But at the same time there are plenty of nay-sayers over there as well, especially when it comes to not doing it the accepted Rennlist way.


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88 924S

[gohim]

Most of the aftermarket belt tensioner tools are similar or the same as the Kricket/Optibelt tool. There is a lot of discussion about whether those two tools are made by the same manufacturing company, and marketed by numerous other companies.

The problem with other tools is the fact that they are generic tools, and when you get one, you have to trust the Seller that he is going to give you the correct conversion setting for the tool, because the aftermarket tools do not use the same tensioning measurement numbers as the Porsche factory tool. Example might be 4.0 reading on the Porsche P9201 tool might be 7.0 on the Optibelt tool, and 5.5 on the Kricket.

If you have never tensioned the belts before, or seen the tensioning service done before, I suggest that if you are going to try it yourself, you would be better off with the Porsche tool. If you have some experience doing the tensioning service, then you might be able to sucessfully use an alternative tool.

Either way, the results would be your responsibilty, so be careful.

[Paul]

I recommend that you spend a $100 bucks and have a shop that has the tool and the knowledge do it for you.

IMO the cheap tools are worthless, I'd rather do it by hand than use one of those.
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[Dynamite76]