DIY - How to replace the poly-v/serpentine belt

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DIY - How to replace the poly-v/serpentine belt

Post by Mɐʇʇ » Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:34 pm

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Re: DIY - How to replace the poly-v/serpentine belt

Post by Shoppinit » Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:23 am

Weird, that's not the same procedure as Elsawin and waaaaay more complicated.

When I read it I was scratching my head thinking "I never did any of that!".

Where's it from? Bentley manual?
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Re: DIY - How to replace the poly-v/serpentine belt

Post by Shoppinit » Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:25 am

Never mind, I see that the procedure also includes instructions for testing the alignment and removing various other parts you wouldn't normally worry about when just replacing the serpentine.
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Re: DIY - How to replace the poly-v/serpentine belt

Post by Mɐʇʇ » Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:28 am

lol. Yeah. That was actually why I thought it was interesting - not just replacing the belt, but also the other bits, not that I would hope to ever need to do them.
Elsawin is the bible (Praise Be), but I thought this might be handy as a "ready reference" so people don't have to install elsawin for basic stuff.
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