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Belt Drive




Drive Belts




The belt drive has two components and is subdivided into the main and A/C drives. Both belts are driven by the crankshaft pulley

A 4 rib belt is used to drive the air conditioning compressor and a 6 rib belt is used for the main drive. Each drive belt has a maintenance free tensioning unit with tensioning pulley and torsioner.

To remove the drive belt:




The tensioning pulley is pushed back using a Torx tool in the recess provided (1) and fixed in this position by inserting a locking pin as shown (2).