Good evening,
I've come to the conclusion through my aux belt chirping that my (spring-loaded) tensioner is on its way out. I cannot find, for the life of me a good tutorial on how to replace it.
Just to clarify - I'm referring to the drive belt (the one which operates the air con and alternator) not the timing belt (hidden behind a cover and operates the cam, crank and water-pump).
There are plenty of videos relating to the replacement of the drive (alternator) belt but none relating to the tensioner being replaced. Even the Haynes manual has no mention of this.
From what I've gathered and I hope other people can help here is :- undo the belt, align the tensioner and pop an allen key through two holes located in the top left of the tensioner. Then unscrew the central hex bolt and then I assume the tensioner is released. Refit the new one with the allen key (supplied) installed and tighten the hex bolt, once fitted, release the allen key and re fit the belt.
Any help is always appreciated
Matt.
I've come to the conclusion through my aux belt chirping that my (spring-loaded) tensioner is on its way out. I cannot find, for the life of me a good tutorial on how to replace it.
Just to clarify - I'm referring to the drive belt (the one which operates the air con and alternator) not the timing belt (hidden behind a cover and operates the cam, crank and water-pump).
There are plenty of videos relating to the replacement of the drive (alternator) belt but none relating to the tensioner being replaced. Even the Haynes manual has no mention of this.
From what I've gathered and I hope other people can help here is :- undo the belt, align the tensioner and pop an allen key through two holes located in the top left of the tensioner. Then unscrew the central hex bolt and then I assume the tensioner is released. Refit the new one with the allen key (supplied) installed and tighten the hex bolt, once fitted, release the allen key and re fit the belt.
Any help is always appreciated
Matt.