yea but he wasnt asking about any of the other stuff, I did the job myself and I found the same thing, the counter balance belt stays quite a bit looser than the timing belt, that is normal, you can control the tension on the counter balance belt, but not the timing belt since the Tbelt has an auto tensioner. I tightened the counter balance belt quite a bit and it still had more slack than the timing belt, so yes, the counter balance belt should have some slack and shouldnt be tight, plus if you overtighten the counter balance belt it will get a little noisy....