Originally Posted by
sparkola
ok I popped the belt off and nothing moved. I can grab the inner sheeve and turn clockwise while holding the outer sheeve, therefore by applying twisting pressure on the spring. When I release the nylon sliders touch the components that they slide along and stop. Are you saying that once the nylon sliders make positive contact with their respective mating surfaces, that the inner sheeve should move even closer to the outer sheeve and that the nylon sliders should move even further up their guides closing the sheeves closer together when the belt is off? The manual says I need to use silicon based lub on the sliders, spring, shaft. What brand do you recommend? The sheeve distance does not change when I remove the belt? Should it?