fan belt

kawika · Post by **kawika** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:08 am

starting doing that horrid squeecking noise, is it a easy ob to get rid of it or a mech\'s job

teulk · Post by **teulk** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:13 am

its pretty straight forward - all you have to do is loosen the nuts on the alternator and take up the slack and then re-tighten the nuts. A rough guide as to how tight it should be is you should just be able to twist the belt 90 degrees. Probably a good idea to check the condition of the belt while your at it.

kawika · Post by **kawika** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:27 am

is it a 5 min job as im supposed to be driving for thorpe park tomoro with a car ful of kids

teulk · Post by **teulk** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:11 am

well prob a bit more than 5mins but shouldn\'t take more than 30mins - it really is as simple as loosening the alternator bolts pushing it back to take up slack and then tightening it back up

trev150 · Post by **trev150** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:41 am

Yeah it\'s an easy one.

Couple of bolts off, loosen, slide foreward, old belt off, new belt on, tigten, finished, admire whilst drinking tea.