belt tensioning

My belts are broken in. I bought a spring loaded belt tensioner but I can't seem to find anywhere to put it where it wont cause problems. At best it hits the parallel bars the extruder is attached to which would be quite annoying. Are there other solutions for this?

 

@Geof Interesting. Ok, I am fairly new to this. I was reading a book on 3d printing maintenance and it said that after awhile one needs to adjust the belt tension on 3d printers, I feel like I saw a reply from you to another thread mentioning that they should "twang" when tensioned properly. I may be mistaken. Is this something one needs to do for the R1 and C2 but not the R2?

 

@Geof Also, this may be relevant, if I am standing directly in front and looking down from above, the right side of the uppermost 8mm rod closest to me (i.e. closest to screen door), it is not directly attached to the frame of the printer. All other three corners will remain stiff if I pull up and down on them, this corner freely moves vertically. Is that normal?

 

@Geof Ok. You'll have to zoom in. I think this may be the problem, the little ring sticking out from the white frame is flush against the wall on the other side of the rod.