Hello,

I'm stuck and really looking for some help....

The Story goes...

Firstly my power steering pump stopped working, which led to the power steering cog coming off whilst driving along the road, which of course caused the belt to loosen. I have since replaced the power steering pump then it was time to refit the belt... The easy bit they say....

Firstly i had to find a diagram as the belt was all over the place, but still in a usable condition so now the belt is fitted following diagrams found online. But when i loosened the tensionor i didn't really get much play in it, so un did the bolt holding the tensionor to the block this caused what i can only explain as " Metal Plys " to appear, once i had the belt on the tensionor, these metal " plys " no longer met there holes...

I went ahead and started to do the tensionor bolt back up, hoping the bolt would force the " plys " in there holes as i turnt the bolt, this didnt happen!

ive attached a few pics (not great ones)

ive come to terms that i must be doing something stupidly wrong as this as be said a few times that this is a 10min job, im sure i will feel very embarrassed once someone tells me just how easy it.

Note: im sorry if your reading this and thinking what the hell is this bloke on about!!

 

Remove belt - loosen tensioner assembly bolt - the bolt is recessed and hard to locate (not the bolt on the tensioner wheel where the belt goes onto) use a 13mm - 6 point socket - bolt is on tight. You may need to use a breaker bar.

Once you loosen the bolt, rotate the entire tensioner assembly to line it up with the metal notches - tighten up tensioner assembly and re-install the belt.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks for your reply,

Firstly im glad to hear i'm playing with the correct part lol! was starting to doubt myself!

Once the tensionor is lined up with the notches and fits back where its suppose to be i can not get the belt on... theres not enough slack in it :-(

At first i left the top left (looking at engine bay) cog last, loosened up the tensionor and tried to pull the belt up and over the top left cog this gave me alot more play in the tensionor but not enough to get the belt over it and get my fingers out!

for a 10mins job ive already spent hours doing it :-(

 

If this is the way I believe it is, you leave (or put back!) the tensioner device bolted to the engine. It has a strong spring and you can rotate the tensioner against that spring to allow room for the belt. You rotate using the central part of the tensioner - it's a 3/8" or 1/2" or so - and I stress it's a pretty strong spring.

 

I would change the belt. If you threw a belt because the PS pulley came off the belt has been thru a lot.

I would not trust it.
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