Ribbed Belt, Removing And Installing, Vehicles With Hydraulic Power Steering: Removing

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Fig 1: Identifying Idler Roller Bolt -Arrow-

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-- Remove the supercharger ribbed belt. Refer to SUPERCHARGER RIBBED BELT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the bolt -arrow- using the Wrench - Door Adjusting - Box Wrench 3320/2.

-- Push the idler roller to the fan shroud.

-- Remove the bolt -2- on the left front coolant pipe.

Fig 2: Coolant Pipes

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NOTE:

The installed position is shown in the illustration with the engine removed.

Ignore item -1-.

-- Remove the front noise insulation -1-. Refer to Front Noise Insulation Removing And Installing .

Fig 3: Noise Insulation Panels

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-- Remove the bolt -1- for the left front coolant pipes.

Fig 4: Locating Lower Coolant Pipe Bolt

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NOTE:

The installed position is shown in the illustration with the engine removed.

Ignore the -arrows-.

Fig 5: Releasing Belt Tension

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CAUTION:

Risk of damage due to reversed running direction on a used ribbed belt.

For installing the ribbed belt again, mark the running direction with chalk or a felt tip pen.

-- To release the tension on the ribbed belt, pivot the tensioner clockwise -arrow- and then lock using a Locking Pin T10060A.

-- Remove the ribbed belt and release the tension on the tensioning element.