>>B<< Drive Belt Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.

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.

Fig 1: Identifying Drive Belt Condition
Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.

Install the drive belt to each pulley as shown in the illustration.

Fig 2: Identifying Water Pump Pulley, Generator And Crankshaft Pulley
Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.
Set an special tool MB992278 to the pulley bolt of the auto-tensioner. Then, 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.

Fig 3: Rotating Pulley Bolt Of Auto-Tensioner Counterclockwise
Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.

Fig 4: Identifying Pulley Bolt And Auto-Tensioner
Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.