air conbelt

[Finnon]

im changing all my cars drive belts over just now. Thought i may aswell whilst i had the alternator off to swap that vac pipe over. But i cant see how the air con belt comes off. Is it by loosening the tensioner pulley? as ive tried that but all that happened was the long bolt started to come out the top. (it looks as though it should slide down over so the belt can come off)

anyone replaced theirs?

 

[jetjock]

You need to loosen the big nut on the pulley. The tensioner bolt is only for that, setting tension.

 

[Finnon]

the idler pulley? i had a look in the tsrm but couldnt find it (it was a very swift look though

 

[MassSupra89]

IIRC it's a big bolt on the front, crack this loose, then start backing the tensioner bolt off. If you look at it and think about it for awhile, it works exactly like you would expect it to.

 

[Finnon]

ahhh of course. im so stooopid sometimes haha

 

[jetjock]

If you look at it and think about it for awhile, it works exactly like you would expect it to.

A genuine nugget there and one that would prevent a lot of posts...

 

[AJ'S 88NA]

A genuine nugget there and one that would prevent a lot of posts...

I agree but then what would we do?????

 

[jetjock]

Don't worry...there's not a change in hell of it happening

 

[Finnon]

yeah i got all pissed off, didnt help that the bonnet was keep on geting blown down on my head as its been a windy day here in the north east of england. I should have been paying more attention to what i was doing instead of running inside to ask stupid questions lol ahh well kept you guys busy for a short while