Checking Drive Belt
WARNING:
Rotating components
- Danger of limbs being trapped or severed
→ Disconnect power supply to the drive motor of components or to the battery.
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.)
- 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.
- Relieve the drive belt.
- 1.1
Fit a suitable tool -1-
on the hexagon of the carrier for tension roller, turn it clockwise -arrow-
as far as it will go and hold it at this position.
Drive belt
- 1.2 Remove drive belt from the pulley on the generator.
- 1.3 Carefully allow carrier for tension roller to turn back to its original position.
- 1.1
Fit a suitable tool -1-
on the hexagon of the carrier for tension roller, turn it clockwise -arrow-
as far as it will go and hold it at this position.
- Turn the drive belt with the air-conditioning compressor pulley and perform a visual inspection.
Information
- Check for foreign objects in the grooves of the pulley.
- Check pulleys for damage.
Replace damaged components.
- Fit a suitable tool -1-
on the hexagon of the carrier for tension roller, turn it clockwise -arrow-
as far as it will go and hold it at this position.
Drive belt
- Fit drive belt on the generator pulley and align it along the grooves on the pulley.
- Carefully allow carrier for tension roller to turn back into its original position, thereby tightening the drive belt.
- Check that the drive belt is seated and tensioned correctly.