Pic. 3.34. Location of bolts securing the corrugated boot of the drive shaft to the differential flange
Pic. 3.35. Installation of accessories Mot. 1368, Mot. 1369 and Mot. 1376 for removing the eccentric adjusting roller
Pic. 3.36. Location of the bolt securing the tensioner roller of the accessory drive belt on a car with a diesel engine without an air conditioning system
Pic. 3.37. Location on the G8T engine accessory drive belt pulleys on vehicles with air conditioning: A - crankshaft pulley; B - generator pulley; C - power steering pump pulley; D - air conditioning compressor pulley; E - eccentric adjusting roller; F - tension roller of the automatic device; G - deflection roller
Pic. 3.38. Location on the G8T engine accessory drive belt pulleys on vehicles without air conditioning: A - crankshaft pulley; B - generator pulley; C - power steering pump pulley; E - eccentric adjusting roller; Arrow - tension check point
Removal
- Place the car on a lift and lift the front wheels.
- Remove the right front wheel.
- Remove the front right wheel arch protective liner.
- Install lever Mot. 1370, grabbing the tension roller axis from behind.
- Lock the automatic tensioner. sliding it towards the rear of the car and remove the belt
- Install the lock Mot. 1376. Remove lever Mot. 1370 and install the key Mot. 1368. Unscrew the bolt and remove the eccentric adjusting roller
- On vehicles without air conditioning, remove the accessory drive belt by using a socket wrench to loosen the idler pulley retaining bolt a quarter turn. then turning the roller counterclockwise. Remove the belt.
Installation
- Do not install the removed belt, replace it with a new one
- Install the belt on the pulleys and adjust its tension as follows.
- Start the operation by tensioning the belt by turning the adjusting roller using tool Mot 1369 (E) towards the rear of the vehicle until the lock Mot. 1376.
- Key Mot. 1368 tighten the adjusting roller fixing bolt. In this case, it is possible that the plastic cover above the lock Mot. 1376 will prevent the latter from moving. In this case, use lever Mot. 1370 to remove the retainer.
- On vehicles without an air conditioning system, use a hex socket to tighten the center bolt of the tension pulley until the gap between the bolt head and the pulley is completely clear. Install a new belt and tension it until Mot. appears on the display. 1273 required value.
- Finally install the pendulum suspension assembly and its travel limiter.