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It moves fair bit plenty to get the belt over it’s likely seized.
So… this is the world of trouble bit. The tensioner needs to be assembled with a small smear of coppaslip on the ‘axle part’ and the threads on the end cap. Without it the heat will get to it and Itl seize. Itl shred belts constantly if gummed up like this.

You need a bmw (or equivalent) hex plug + solid spanner and try get the end cap off so you can slide the tensioner off it’s axle. You just want to get the cap off without unscrewing the whole thing. For me, only the whole oily bloody thing would come out, in which case itl need more attention, possibly requiring chopping the arm up in order to retrieve the other parts. See how it goes. If the cap comes off easy you are one lucky SOB

Have a read of this
 
Could I use a small clamp between the top and bottom of the spring loaded tensioner itself and squash it?

I don't mean the elbow bracket, just the top spring itself where it connects to the engine and top of the elbow pivot.
 
So does this mean I'm now in the world of 'FAAAAACK!!!'?
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The large nut looking piece is part of the axle the tensioner pivots on.
It bolts into the engine front with the boring as a seal.
The nut shape needs holding securely and the outer face with the female Allen key hole needs to undone. Then you can put the axle part back into in the engine and go from there. 👍
 
I've sprayed penetrative oil inside. I'll let it sit for a while. I was deceived by the rubber washer into thinking there was a large hex nut threaded on the back but now I realise it's all one pice and the female hex side screws inside that.

Already chipped a bit of the lip off trying to wedge something in to stop it turning. Probably just buy another elbo bracket...
 
I've cut away the lip circling the hex nut so I can now get that bit firmly in the vice but the next bit is my vice isn't fixed to a table so I'll need to drill some holes and get some long bolts...
 
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