Removing Drive Belt
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NOTIFICATION
Drive belt removed incorrectly
- Risk of damage to drive belt
→ Only remove the drive belt when it is cold.
→ Replace damaged drive belt.
NOTIFICATION
Drive belt breaks and becomes jammed
- Risk of damage to components (trim panels, electric cables, etc.)
- Leaks at the crankshaft vibration damper sealing ring
- Vibration damper can overheat and lose its strength
→ Following belt breakage, check adjacent components and the interior of the engine compartment for damage. Repair or replace damaged parts.
→ Find out why the belt broke. Check deflection rollers or crankshaft vibration dampers for prior damage. If the drive belt is jammed, replace the vibration damper.
WARNING:
Rotating components
- Danger of limbs being trapped or severed
→ Disconnect power supply to the drive motor of components or to the battery.
Belt drive
| 1 | Deflection roller 2 |
| 2 | Hydraulic belt tensioner |
| 3 | Screw, M8 x 96 |
| 4 | Deflection roller 1 |
| 5 | 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.
Belt tensioner hexagon
Loosening the belt
- Remove drive belt.