Special Nut

[SnowTh1ef]

So, the nut that holds the sc tensioner onto the stud going through the cast iron coil pack bracket. Its special. A normal nut that threads on is a 15 mm, but you cant get a socket bigger than a 13 in the tensioner hole.. So its some kind of special nut with the same thread and pitch but a smaller head. Any idea where to get one? I even looked around at my local ace/lowes/home depot and looked through mcmaster carr and I cant seem to find ones with a smaller head. its M12 I believe. If i cant find one i might just grind the crap out of one to make it smaller lol.

[randybill]

there are "thin wall" sockets. maybe that'll do it?

[Iceman6669]

Thin walled 15

[ericspecullaas]

maybe this will help


http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/to...g&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Scottydoggs]

i use a kobalt 12 point seep socket, fits with room to spare.

[SnowTh1ef]

Thin walled 15

I have a set, Those don't even fit, and a 15 flanged nut does not even fit in the hole.

[SnowTh1ef]

i use a kobalt 12 point seep socket, fits with room to spare.

Really? with a standard 15 mm nut?

[Scottydoggs]

yes. its all i have and it works just fine. used it many times already on that nut. thing is, it fits inside the tensioner, all that matters at this point.

[Turbocharged400sbc]

the OEM nut is a 10mm thread nut but with the 13mm body. a little work with a grinder will get your 15mm oversize nut down to 14mm which a chrome socket will fit just fine

you can stack washers tall enough that the nut is near the opening but 30secods with a 4.5" or bench grinder will get you down to 14mm

[SnowTh1ef]

Sounds good. I finally get to ditch the single belt pulleys after my IC install. Lol. As long as someone will sell me a damn 3.2 lol

[coolone]

Weird, never had a problem with that bolt : )

[SnowTh1ef]

because the oem one is special and you probably never lost it, because your car came with it :-P. I didn't have the luxury of my car coming with a supercharger so its the nit picky bull**** thats goofy like this to find lol.

[randybill]

I ended up buying a m8 nut, drilling it out and re threading.