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The tensioner needs to be rotated to give as much clearance between the timing pointer and the tensioner as possible. I'm pretty sure I ended up removing the bearings out from under the outer 'cover' (it's three pieces, two bearings and the outer pulley that the belt rides on); the smaller size of the individual bearings clears the pointer. Pretty sure I mounted the new bearings to the shaft first and then installed the outer cover over the bearings. (Or maybe it was the inner bearing, then the cover, and then the outer bearing -- I don't remember.)
For reassembly I first heated the bearings to 200 degrees in an oven, while freezing the housing to -10 in the deep freezer. Then froze that assembly in the freezer and heated the outer cover. Went together pretty easily that way. I ended up using a Mark II bearing shaft and adjusting eccentric to make adjusting easier.