I am curious as to whether or not there's an easy way to tell if my serpentine belt tensioner is in decent shape?? It seems like the spring is gone as it's very hard to move. Are these adjustable? How easily should it move?
My concern is that this may be causing excessively hard steering. Is it possible that too much belt tension would cause hard steering? I'm wondering if the idler pully that was replaced was damaged due to the tension also...
Any thoughts on this? Is there a good way to 'read' the gauge on the tensioner itself? I can't find any useful info in my Haynes on this one.
Thanks. Andrew.