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Removing and installing tensioning device - RA13001043200X(13-3200)

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Preceding work:

Fan shroud removed (20-3400) .

Viscous fan clutch removed (20-3120) .

Operation no. of operation texts and work units or standard texts and flat rates:

13-1202, 13-4001

1st version with external damper 

Fig 1: Identifying Tensioning Device Remove/Install Components - 1St Version With External Damper (1 Of 2)
G04678510Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
Bolts (23) and (25) of belt pulleys of coolant pump (24) and power steering pump (26) slacken, tighten (32 Nm).
Engine 104.98: slacken bolts of belt pulley of fan, tighten (15 Nm).
Poly V-belt (27) remove, install (13-1200) .
Belt pulleys of coolant pump (24) and power steering pump remove, install. Power steering pump.
Engine 104.98: remove belt pulley of fan with washer, install.
Fig 2: Identifying Tensioning Device Remove/Install Components - 1St Version With External Damper (2 Of 2)
G04678511Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
Damper (10) of tensioning device at front cover unbolt, bolt on (21 Nm).
Bolt (16) unscrew, screw on (21 Nm).
Bolts (1), (3) and (4) unscrew, screw on (21 Nm).
NOTE: Counter-hold at nut (2) with wrench.
Strut (12) with bolt (16) and washer (15) remove, install.
Note re engine 104.98 
Apply sealing compound 001 589 29 20 to the front and rear sides of the mounting hole (arrow) of the strut (12).
Setting pointer (13), tensioning device (14) and sleeve (17) remove, install.
Bolts (11) unscrew, screw on (21 Nm).
Power steering pump (28) swivel to outside.
Bracket (19) with tensioning nut (5) and tensioning bolt (18) remove, install.
TIGHTENING TORQUES IN NM

Bolts of belt pulleys of fan clutch 15
Bolts of belt pulley of coolant pump and power steering pump 32
Bolt of tensioning device 75
Bolts of strut and bracket 21

Special tools 

Fig 3: Identifying Special Tools (001 589 72 21 00)
G04678512Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
Fig 4: Identifying Special Tools (001 589 66 21 00)
G04678513Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.

Preceding work:

Fan shroud removed (20-3400)

Viscous fan clutch removed (20-3120) .

Operation no. of operation texts and work units or standard texts and flat rates:

13-1202, 13-4001

2nd version with internal damper 

Fig 5: Identifying Tensioning Device Remove/Install Components - 2Nd Version With Internal Damper
G04678514Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
Bolts (23) of belt pulley of coolant pump (24) slacken, tighten (32 Nm).
Poly V-belt (27) remove, install (13-1200) .
Belt pulley of coolant pump (24) unbolt, bolt on.
Belt pulley of tensioning device (7) unbolt, bolt on (45 Nm).
Tensioning device (14) unbolt, bolt on (25 Nm).

Special tools 

Fig 6: Identifying Special Tools (001 589 72 21 00)
G04678515Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA.
TIGHTENING TORQUES IN NM

Nut of belt pulley of tensioning device 45
Bolts of tensioning device 25