Post by ianxt4 on Jun 24, 2020 17:05:48 GMT
Hi
This is my first post on this forum, I have a petrol manual 2004 Rav4 that I have owned from new and carefully maintained at home.
The Rav4 has been exceptionally reliable requiring just the odd oil seal, new rear springs and shocks.
However, today while conducting routine maintenance to replace the accessory belt, I discovered the tensioner had developed play at the mounting of the hydraulic cylinder to the tensioner body and the pulley bearing sounded dry.
I have identified a quality OEM replacement tensioner part no INA 533002310 but on researching the replacement process, it seems that the pivot bolt removal is a "PIG" hitting the chassis and requires that the engine be moved !!
Now my questions - on inspection the bolt is halfway up a chassis member which way do I move the engine up or down ?
YouTube is full of American versions of this engine going up, on inspection my UK version looks as though it would be easier to drop from the engine mount, requiring just the removal or three engine mounting bolts and extracting the bolt via the wheel arch.
A big help would be someone who has experience of replacing this tensioner on a UK 2000- 2005 RAV4 1AZFE engine (manual).
Do I go down?
Do I need to remove any other engine mounting bolts or accessories?
The engine looks like it has to drop a way to get bolt removal clearance and I do not wish to damage anything?
Any other tips/advice for doing this job ?
Thanks for your help
This is my first post on this forum, I have a petrol manual 2004 Rav4 that I have owned from new and carefully maintained at home.
The Rav4 has been exceptionally reliable requiring just the odd oil seal, new rear springs and shocks.
However, today while conducting routine maintenance to replace the accessory belt, I discovered the tensioner had developed play at the mounting of the hydraulic cylinder to the tensioner body and the pulley bearing sounded dry.
I have identified a quality OEM replacement tensioner part no INA 533002310 but on researching the replacement process, it seems that the pivot bolt removal is a "PIG" hitting the chassis and requires that the engine be moved !!
Now my questions - on inspection the bolt is halfway up a chassis member which way do I move the engine up or down ?
YouTube is full of American versions of this engine going up, on inspection my UK version looks as though it would be easier to drop from the engine mount, requiring just the removal or three engine mounting bolts and extracting the bolt via the wheel arch.
A big help would be someone who has experience of replacing this tensioner on a UK 2000- 2005 RAV4 1AZFE engine (manual).
Do I go down?
Do I need to remove any other engine mounting bolts or accessories?
The engine looks like it has to drop a way to get bolt removal clearance and I do not wish to damage anything?
Any other tips/advice for doing this job ?
Thanks for your help
Ian
