Installing Drive Belt

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Using an open-ended wrench can damage the belt tensioner.
Using a tool with a width across flats of 32 mm can damage the belt tensioner.

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Fig 1: Drive Belt Routing

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Coolant pulley pump.
Deflection roller, cylinder bank 5.
Air-conditioning compressor pulley.
Hydraulic pump pulley.
Crankshaft pulley.
Generator pulley.
Deflection roller, cylinder bank 1.
Tensioning roller.
The figure above shows the complete belt threading course. The pulleys are numbered according to fitting sequence.

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Deflection roller.
Hydraulic belt tensioner.
M8 screw.
Deflection roller.
Dual poly V-belt.

Bend the drive belt to form a loop and guide it through the coolant pump pulley -1- and crankshaft pulley -5- towards the tensiong roller -8-.

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Place the top part of the belt loop over the coolant pump pulley -1-.

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Place the lower part of the belt loop around the crankshaft pulley at the bottom -5-.

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Guide the belt section from the coolant pump pulley -1- around rhe deflection roller -2- on cylinder bank 5 -8-.

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Then guide the section of the belt around the air-conditioing compressor pulley -3- at the bottom.

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Lay a loop around the power-steerig pump -4-.

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Lay the loose end of the drive belt from the coolant pump downwards around the generator pulley -6- and deflector roller -7- of cylinder bank 1 -4-.

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Gather the belt section between the deflector roller -7- of cylinder bank 1 -4- and the crankshaft pulley -8- to form the loop and guide it upwards to the tensioning roller -8-.

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Use a ring wrench or socket (width across flats 30 mm) to turn the belt tensioner in a clockwise direction at the hexagon.

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Lay the drive belt on the tensioning roller. Slowly relieve the tensioning roller.
Check that the drive is routed correctly. Fig 1
Check that the drive belt is seated correctly on the pulleys.
Clip the coolant hose -1- into the holder -2-.

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Connect the wastegate line at the clamp -1-.

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Attach the check valve -1- to the air box and fit a new clamp -2-.

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Attach hoses to the check valve and fit with new clamps.