Changing belts?

[Stuarty]

Hi there some of you will have heard about my alternator probs so today i orderd a new one and thought id be productive and take all the belts of as i have new ones waiting i had a look and am i correct in thinking that the viscous fan will have to be removed to get the old belts off and the new ones on?If so does the rad need to come out to get the fan out?

 

[Adz]

Yes you do have to take both off :thumbs

They are both the same size :augie :thumbs

Just slacken off ya alternator & power steering pump :thumbs

No need to remove anything :thumbs

 

[kbekl]

Yes you do have to take both off :thumbs

They are both the same size :augie :thumbs

Just slacken off ya alternator & power steering pump :thumbs

No need to remove anything :thumbs

mignt need to remove the fan but that is only a few bolts depending what size the fan is as a belt wouldn't fit over mine:nenau

 

[Stuarty]

Cool i hope the fan dosent need to come off it will be a nightmare by the looks of it!Il investigate more tomoz

 

[kbekl]

Cool i hope the fan dosent need to come off it will be a nightmare by the looks of it!Il investigate more tomoz

no the fan is simple mate it is just bolted onto the water pump by 10mm nuts iirc 6 or 8 of them nowt else required to get the fan off

 

[lacroupade]

You don't remove the fan to change your belts, if it doesn't slip over the fan its the wrong one! I've done all three by the roadside....

 

[rustic]

You don't remove the fan to change your belts, if it doesn't slip over the fan its the wrong one! I've done all three by the roadside....

I agree with Lacroupade, do several blades at a time and rotate the fan as you go, the belt is smaller than the diameter of the fan, so you do it a bit at a time.

 

[kbekl]

I agree with Lacroupade, do several blades at a time and rotate the fan as you go, the belt is smaller than the diameter of the fan, so you do it a bit at a time.

didnt think of that lol :thumbs

 

[lacroupade]

and for god's sake do all three at the same time. Often, when one goes, it rips off or btreaks one of the others at the same time - which is what happened to me on the A470 on a cold wet welsh evening...

and keep your old ones in the boot as spares if they look OK. you never know.....

 

[rustic]

and for god's sake do all three at the same time. Often, when one goes, it rips off or btreaks one of the others at the same time - which is what happened to me on the A470 on a cold wet welsh evening...

and keep your old ones in the boot as spares if they look OK. you never know.....

I keep mine next to the jack in the small compartment in the boot/nearside.

 

[Terranical]

You don't remove the fan to change your belts, if it doesn't slip over the fan its the wrong one! I've done all three by the roadside....

I agree with Lacroupade, last one I did was in Ikea's car park in Malaga - just slip the belt over 2 or 3 blades, rotate the fan, over 2 or 3 more blades - job done.

 

[Stuarty]

Cheers guys im just waiting for the alternator to arrive i hate being without a motor!Is the vac pump easy enough to change over on the alternator any tips or tricks for doing that?

 

[lacroupade]

I agree with Lacroupade, last one I did was in Ikea's car park in Malaga - just slip the belt over 2 or 3 blades, rotate the fan, over 2 or 3 more blades - job done.

Shuddup will you, I'm getting sunshine withdrawal symptoms here!:lol:lol

 

[extreme-4x4]

Shuddup will you, I'm getting sunshine withdrawal symptoms here!:lol:lol

paullllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyy your my sunshine

 

[lacroupade]

paullllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyy your my sunshine

have you borrowed a book called "Cheesy Quotes for Beginners" by any chance? All that lovey dovey stuff on Facebok is doing my nut in! PMSL! xxx

 

[extreme-4x4]

have you borrowed a book called "Cheesy Quotes for Beginners" by any chance? All that lovey dovey stuff on Facebok is doing my nut in! PMSL! xxx

should i stop sending you it then :kissy

 

[lacroupade]

should i stop sending you it then :kissy

you wish that were true - ever since you took me home to watch your Come Dancing videos and I ran screaming into the night.....! SCREECH!

 

[Stuarty]

Ok lads thats the alternator and all three belts changed wasnt too difficult after all the bearings in the old alternator were goosed they must have been making one helluva noise as its sounding nice and smooth now :thumb2 also discoverd that the vac pump was pissing out oil so good that thats fixed the brakes feel better aswell lol,i love productive days

 

[lacroupade]

Ok lads thats the alternator and all three belts changed wasnt too difficult after all the bearings in the old alternator were goosed they must have been making one helluva noise as its sounding nice and smooth now :thumb2 also discoverd that the vac pump was pissing out oil so good that thats fixed the brakes feel better aswell lol,i love productive days

makes you feel great when these little jobs go right doesn't it....

 

[Stuarty]

Yep it sure does im well chuffed when i first got the Mistral it sounded awful i did the tappets and that made a BIG difference but highlighted another noise wich i thought was the steering pump but it turned out to be the alternator lol im really starting to like my Mistral now just need to get the damned seats changed!