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That’s what the tensioner does, tighten a loose belt. If the belt was too tight you wouldn’t be able to put it on the engine pulley.

By any chance did you forget to flip the tensioner arm on the snowblower?

When setting the governor it says to rotate shaft counter clockwise and the lever clockwise. The shaft is spring loaded so when you rotate it and hold, be sure you go all the way to the end of the spring load and hold, then tighten lever nut. This will fix your throttle problem.