Drive Belt: Service and Repair

Removing and installing drive belt

Preliminary work

Preliminary work for removing drive belt

1. Remove air cleaner housing.

removing

Removing drive belt

Warning
Do not remove the drive belt when the engine is warm!
^ Risk of damage or deformation!

-> Drive belts should only be removed when they have cooled down.

1. Turn the tensioning pulley on the hexagonal axle clockwise and simultaneously remove the belt from the deflection pulleys.





Tensioning pulley for drive belt

Information
^ To check drive belt for damage by the naked eye, it needs to have been removed.
^ Mark running direction of drive belt with a colored pen.
^ Even minor damage means that the drive belt must be replaced (even if the maintenance interval has not expired).

2. Take the drive belt off the belt pulleys and give it a detailed inspection. Examine it to see if it has picked up foreign bodies, cracks or other damage and replace if necessary.

Installing

Installing drive belt

Information
^ After installing the drive belt you should check again that the individual belt pulleys and rollers are positioned correctly.

1. Install the drive belt as shown in the illustration. Position the drive belt by taking the tension off tensioning pulley in a clockwise direction then allow the pulley to slide back to its normal position.





Installed position of drive belt

Reworking

Work subsequent to installing drive belt

1. Install air cleaner housing.