Alternator belt whinge!
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:34 pm
I thought I'd do the belt today, after (eventually) sourcing the correct one. I've watched a video on YouTube showing just how easy the job is....hah, jobs on there are always made to look easy!
Front cover removed, main plugs out, big adjustable at the ready....old belt off.....here goes. I looped it round the top pulley, part-way onto the bottom one and turned with the spanner. Crikey, it worked....its on! Except its not on properly, its actually sitting slightly off the pulley as not all the ribs are in the grooves. Bugger. Off it comes....by which time my bloody knees are throbbing, my neck's got a crick in it and I've took a chunk out of a couple of knuckles when the spanner's slipped off the nut. Belt back on again.....perfect this time. Except....peering into the gloomy depths up at the top end, I can see that the belt is one rib out up there! B****rd!!
My commitment threshold is very low recently....so I'm now off to meet the Mrs at the local for an hour. I might re-attempt it after a couple of pints of Hobgoblin Gold.
Pete
Front cover removed, main plugs out, big adjustable at the ready....old belt off.....here goes. I looped it round the top pulley, part-way onto the bottom one and turned with the spanner. Crikey, it worked....its on! Except its not on properly, its actually sitting slightly off the pulley as not all the ribs are in the grooves. Bugger. Off it comes....by which time my bloody knees are throbbing, my neck's got a crick in it and I've took a chunk out of a couple of knuckles when the spanner's slipped off the nut. Belt back on again.....perfect this time. Except....peering into the gloomy depths up at the top end, I can see that the belt is one rib out up there! B****rd!!
My commitment threshold is very low recently....so I'm now off to meet the Mrs at the local for an hour. I might re-attempt it after a couple of pints of Hobgoblin Gold.
Pete