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Has anyone gotten the new tensioner yet, by chance?

al3x said:

Has anyone gotten the new tensioner yet, by chance?

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Patiently waiting for it last I understood it was supposed to be available around Dec 17 2016, now it is said to be sometime in Jan 2017.

I have not.

I was told last week that they'd be going out last week.

Im not sure what differences to look for, but i can post pictures of the tensioner i get in my kit. Its supposed to be arriving here in the next couple hours

In my case, the tensioner seems to be too far towards the front of the car, causing the misalignment, so I guess look at any difference in how far forward or back it would sit

arrow94 said:

Im not sure what differences to look for, but i can post pictures of the tensioner i get in my kit. Its supposed to be arriving here in the next couple hours

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The original tensioner was a cast version the new one is billet aluminum.

al3x said:

In my case, the tensioner seems to be too far towards the front of the car, causing the misalignment, so I guess look at any difference in how far forward or back it would sit

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Could you post up a pic of your alignment issue ?

It' the same issue brought up by others on here, let me look for those pictures since I am not next to my car at the moment

pro 5.0 said:

Could you post up a pic of your alignment issue ?

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I found the thread with what seems to be the same issue I'm having, and realized you had already commented on that thread haha, I'll try to get a photo of my exact misalignment asap

Here's a picture

pro 5.0 said:

The original tensioner was a cast version the new one is billet aluminum.

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I will check my kit when it arrives and get back to you guys. if my kit has the new tensioner, im guessing everyone will be getting them soon.

Unfortunately that looks familiar

It really does seem like if I could just push the tensioner back it would work out, the rest of the alignment seems fine, it's just around the tensioner, at the supercharger pulley, from what I can tell, should be fine

Judging from the picture it looks like then tensioner pulley would have to move towards the radiator as the belt is riding too far back on the idlers.

Yeah it's actually too far towards the back of the car, I thought it was too far forward. At least it does look like everything else would be aligned