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Tensioning power steering belt
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26 Jan 2013 18:38 - 26 Jan 2013 18:40 #59738
by facade
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Tensioning power steering belt
If you have the twin cam engine, the idler pulley has a hexagon hole in the middle.
What you do is try for half an hour to get a hex key in the hole, then remove the pulley, fit a piece of hexagon to the hole and refit. Then you can use a spanner to simply wind the pulley all the way and lock it in place.
This won't be tight enough, but as long as the belt doesn't get wet, it will be ok.
(you could always fit a new belt, but the one the motor factor will sell you is too long, so you need the size off the old belt and get one 10mm shorter.)
What you do is try for half an hour to get a hex key in the hole, then remove the pulley, fit a piece of hexagon to the hole and refit. Then you can use a spanner to simply wind the pulley all the way and lock it in place.
This won't be tight enough, but as long as the belt doesn't get wet, it will be ok.
(you could always fit a new belt, but the one the motor factor will sell you is too long, so you need the size off the old belt and get one 10mm shorter.)
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Last edit: 26 Jan 2013 18:40 by facade.
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