could a misadjusted tensioner cause knocking

[Ken92SVX]

I changed the timing belt and after about 50 miles I developed a knocking noise which appears to be coming form the left side of the engine behind the timing covers.
After rereading the timing belt procedure, I realize that I adjusted the tensioner adjuster all the way right instead of all the way to the left, thereby shortening the adjuster effective length. Could this mis-adjustment cause a knocking noise? If so would readjusting it back left, where it belongs, cause the knocking noise to go away or is it likely that the tensioner adjuster is now permanently damaged?