Belt tensioning system, belt tensioning therefor and method of making the same

In a method of making a belt tensioner for a belt tensioning system that comprises a support means having an abutment means and an endless transmission belt construction carried by said support means and arranged to move in a certain path relative to said support means, said tensioner comprising an arm adapted to be pivotally mounted to said support means, a pully rotatably carried by said arm and being adapted to be in engagement with said belt construction, and a wound coiled spring having opposed ends one of which is adapted to be operatively interconnected to said abutment means of said support means and the other of which is operatively interconnected to said arm whereby the force of said wound coiled spring is adapted to pivot said arm in a direction that urges said pully against said belt construction with a force that tensions said belt construction, the improvement comprising the steps of forming said arm to have a shoulder means that is engaged by said one of said opposed ends of said wound coiled spring by the force of said wound coiled spring so as to permit insertion and removal of said arm and said wound coiled spring as a self-contained unit to and from said support means when said arm is pivoted to a certain position where said shoulder means of said arm engages said one end of said wound coiled spring and effectively holds said one end of said wound coiled spring out of contact with said abutment means of said support means, and forming said arm to be adapted to be mounted to said support means with a single fastening member.