Ribbed Belt TENSIONER: Removing

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-- Remove the right front wheel housing liner, refer to REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .

-- Remove the ribbed belt from the tensioner, refer to RIBBED BELT .

Fig 1: Identifying Tensioning Damper

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-- Remove the bolts -arrows- and pull the ribbed belt tensioning damper -1- off the sub-assembly bracket.