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So today I changed my drive belt/tensioner assembly. All went smooth and well until I took the fan and shroud off and thought "hey, now that I have all this extra room, I can torque up the pivot bolts properly". That is where I f'ed up. Turns out the recommended torque of 68-77 nm is for the bottom (17mm hex head) bolt only. The smaller (12mm head) top one, must be much less and I must have misinterpreted because attempting to torque it up the same made it snap! However, having already got the tensioner assembly and belt on at this stage, the whole mechanism feels fairly tight and secure, shaking the tensioner assembly didn't show me any signs of the top part where bolt is snapped moving. So obviously at some point id like to pull it all apart, and possibly drill the bolt out/re-tap the hole for a new bolt, but should it be okay for now? Car is running as normal and sounds better now with the new belt and assembly.\
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