zebedy Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well what should have been a 20min job turned into a 3.5 hrs last night just to change the belts. The Alternator belt day before yesterday was totally shot so needed belts there and then. Got a pair of Gates for £25 inc of vat which I thought was great. Jacked up the car and removed the under tray snapping all the bolts that held it in place. Ok no problem. Slackened off the two pulley after spraying both adjuster bolts with WD40. Ok so far. Placed the shortest belt into position and started the tighten up the adjusting bolt which I've learned was a left hand thread. Here's where I now start to swear. The collar on the bolt was worn and kept slipping through the bully bracket, fork like part, that takes the adjustment. 6 attempts later, god knows how many f*ck* I decided to pull all the bracket off from the block. What a mess. The previous owner must have over tighten the adjuster to the point it was bending the fork in the pulley bracket. The forks had spread open and the collar on the bolt had worn = no tension on the pully. So had to fabricate a new collar on the bolt and a new plate to sit inside the fork and the folks hammered back closer together. 10 pm I finally started the car and alls well. For any of you that have changed these belts from leying on ya back on the underside might understand the frustration I went through. If anyone's got the L/H tension pulley bracket and an adjusting bolt thats in good condition and wantS to sell, please pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 2 weeks too late mate, just had a workshop cleear out and threw the very same items away! Sorry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sounds a nightmare that's why I got Ross at Japex to do mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 For any of you that have changed these belts from leying on ya back on the underside might understand the frustration I went through. Nope The worst part for me was removing the annoying Under tray, other than that was pretty straight forward and quick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow. That sounds like a nightmare. When I did the aux belt on my HR it literally took me 5 minutes! But then again, they only have the 1 belt and its right at the front of the engine so easy to get to! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Good excuse to fit a ZSpeed undertray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 All parts in stock (pre owned) and good to go same/next day. Drop me a PM if I can help further. Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 HOLD ON one of the tensioners is left hand thread !!! might explain why my squeak got worse after I tried to tighten it. I was trying to do it down the back of the fans without removing the undertray so leverage wasn't great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedy Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Cheers guys. Alex I'll pm you in a bit. Thanks Edited February 28, 2015 by ZZZebady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedy Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 The under tray clips and bolts were all shot corroded and were literally snapping as I was slackening em off. Crap. Excuse now for a nice pressed steel one me thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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