Drive Belts, Mounts, Brackets and Accessories: Service and Repair
Auxiliary Components Bracket
Removing
- Drain the coolant. Refer to => [ Coolant, Draining and Filling ] Service and Repair.
- Remove the ribbed belt. Refer to => [ Ribbed Belt ] Ribbed Belt.
- Remove the generator.
- Disconnect solenoid clutch electrical connector - 1 - on Air Conditioning (A/C) compressor.
Refrigerant can cause serious personal injury.
• Do not open the air conditioning refrigerant circuit.
- Remove A/C compressor bolts - arrows -.
Risk of damaging refrigerant lines and hoses.
• Do not stretch, kink or bend refrigerant lines and hoses.
- Tie up the A/C compressor with the refrigerant lines attached to the longitudinal member.
- Remove the bolt - arrow - for the oil dipstick guide tube.
- Remove the bolts - 1 through 5 - and pull off the accessory assembly bracket from the coolant pump housing.
Installing
• Tightening specification, refer to => [ Ribbed Belt Drive Overview ] Ribbed Belt Drive Overview.
Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:
• Replace any bolts that were tightened with an additional turn.
• Replace the O-rings and seals.
- Coat the O-rings - 4 - with coolant additive.
- Install the connection - 2 - in the coolant pump housing - 3 -.
- Press the accessory assembly bracket - 1 - onto the connection, mount the bolts and tighten. Refer to => [ Accessory Assembly Bracket Tightening Sequence ] Ribbed Belt Drive Overview.
- Install A/C compressor.
- Install generator.
- Install the ribbed belt. Refer to => [ Ribbed Belt ] Ribbed Belt.
- Fill with coolant => [ Filling ] Service and Repair.