Removing Drive Belt

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Remove spacer sleeve -1- .
Unscrew screw -2- using > 9953 - socket-wrench insert .

Remove spacer sleeve -1- .

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Spacer sleeve
Mark the rolling direction of the drive belt.
Slacken the drive belt -1- .
> 9952 - Ring wrench must be fitted on the hexagon -3- of the tensioning roller -2- . Then, turn it clockwise as far as it will go and hold it at this position.

Remove drive belt -1- from generator pulley -4- .

Carefully allow the tensioning roller -2- to turn back to its original position.

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Drive belt
Slide the flat side of the drive belt up past the coolant pump pulley -Arrow- .

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Drive belt on coolant pump pulley
Turn the drive belt -1- 90 degrees, guide the flat side past the vibration damper and remove it.

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Drive belt on vibration damper

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- Check for foreign objects in the grooves of the pulley.
Check pulleys for damage.