>>B<< Drive Belt Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
CAUTION:
- To reuse the drive belt, install it by aligning the arrow mark on the backside of belt marked at the removal with the rotating direction.
- Check that the notches of the notched pulley and the notches of the drive belt are fit correctly.
- Check that the drive belt is installed in the center of the flat surface of the flat pulley.
- Install the drive belt to each pulley as shown in the illustration.WARNING: Always work from above when releasing the tension of the auto-tensioner. When you try to gain access from underneath the vehicle, you will experience difficulty, thus causing the tool to be dropped off.CAUTION: To work at the optimum angle, you must choose a most suitable box-type wrench is applied to the special tool.WARNING: Be sure to set the box-type wrench and the special tool MB992278 to the hexagonal parts securely to prevent the tool from falling off because the tension of the auto-tensioner is high.
- Install special tool MB992278 and a box-type wrench at the optimum angle.
- Rotate the auto-tensioner counterclockwise and remove the L-shaped hexagon wrench fixing the auto-tensioner.
- Apply tension to the drive belt while slowly turning the auto-tensioner clockwise.
Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.