SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing ribbed belt Vehicles without power assisted steering Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Tensioning lever -U-40050- Work sequence –  Mark direction of rotation of ribbed belt. –  Loosen alternator securing bolts.

–  Fit tensioning lever -U-40050- and swing alternator downwards (use, for example, a torque wrench as a drive for -U-40050-). –  Remove/fit ribbed belt   Note! When installing the ribbed belt ensure that it sits correctly in the pulleys. –  After fitting ribbed belt with alternator loose, rotate engine several times (approx. 10 revolutions of engine by operating starter briefly. –  First tighten lower and then upper alternator bolts to 25 Nm. Vehicles with power assisted steering Removing –  Remove ribbed belt cover. –  Mark ribbed belt direction of rotation.

–  Using a spanner on the securing bolt swivel tensioning roller in direction of arrow. –  Remove ribbed V-belt. Installing –  Place ribbed V-belt onto crankshaft pulley first. Slide belt onto tensioning roller last.   Note! When installing the ribbed belt ensure that it sits correctly in the pulleys. Ribbed belt routing

Basic belt drive 1 -  Crankshaft/pulley 2 -  Ribbed belt 3 -  Pulley - Alternator

Belt drive without air conditioner compressor 1 -  Crankshaft/pulley 2 -  Ribbed belt 3 -  Pulley - P.A.S. vane pump 4 -  Pulley - Alternator 5 -  Tensioner

Belt drive with air conditioner compressor 1 -  Crankshaft/pulley 2 -  Tensioner 3 -  Pulley - Alternator 4 -  Air conditioner compressor 5 -  Pulley - P.A.S. vane pump   Note! When installing the ribbed V-belt, ensure the belt runs in the right direction and seats correctly on the belt pulleys. The rest of the assembly is basically a reverse of the dismantling sequence.