Removing Drive Belt
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NOTE:
Drive belt removed incorrectly
- Risk of damage to drive belt
→ Only remove the drive belt when it is cold.
→ Replace damaged drive belt.
NOTE:
Drive belt breaks and becomes jammed
- Risk of damage to components (trim panels, electric cables, etc.)
- Sealing ring on crankshaft vibration balancer can start to leak
- Vibration balancer can overheat and lose its strength
→ Following belt breakage, check adjacent components and the interior of the engine compartment for damage, and repair or replace damaged parts if necessary.
→ Find out why the belt broke. Check deflection rollers or crankshaft vibration balancer for prior damage.
→ If the drive belt is jammed, replace vibration balancer.
WARNING:
Rotating components
- Danger of limbs being trapped or severed
→ Disconnect power supply to the drive motor of components or to the battery.
- Deflection Roller 2
- Hydraulic Belt Tensioner
- Screw, M8 x 96
- Deflection Roller 1
- Dual Poly V-Belt
- Mark the rolling direction of the drive belt with chalk.
- Open coolant hose connecting clip. Lift coolant hose aside.
- Relieve and remove drive belt. To do this, turn the belt tensioner clockwise at the hexagon → Belt tensioner hexagon using a ring wrench (a/f 30) or change-over ratchet with socket → Loosening the belt (relieve the drive belt) and remove the drive belt from the tensioning roller. Then relieve the belt tensioner slowly.
- Remove drive belt.