28-11-2014, 09:53 AM
hi dudes,
right, found where the belt squeak is coming from, the belt touches the auto adjust body and central allan bolt slightly when cold and stops squeeking when the eng warms up.............the central allan bolt is tight ( 8mm from memoery, same as the pre tension pulley bolt ) .............but........
question, the allan key I have for this will "undo" the allan bolt ( and is able to tighten it back up also ) but ........will the allan bolt come out when total slackened off and pass the chassis rail?? meaning that the auto adjust mech will come off without lowering the engine??
does anyone have one of these off at the moment......I presume there is a "pip" on the back of the "auto adjust unit" which fits into a hole on the engine, which locates and stops the "unit" from turning due to the sprung nature of the unit......
also , how long is the allan bolt, total length from allan head to the end of the thread, so I can suss if it can be removed without lowering the engine etc.......
the horrible rattling noise ( aux drive belt derived as the eng is lovely and quiet when running with the aux belt removed, but some noise from the clutch release bearing in think ) which goes away when the eng is hot, is due to the bottom belt run from the a/c pulley to the crank pulley flapping about, and also ( mainly I think apart from all the slight play in the pulleys when cold adding up ) due to the belts "memory" and tight curve about the alternator pulley, which goes away when the belt/eng is hot.......
as ever a brilliant forum and all help greatly appreciated
right, found where the belt squeak is coming from, the belt touches the auto adjust body and central allan bolt slightly when cold and stops squeeking when the eng warms up.............the central allan bolt is tight ( 8mm from memoery, same as the pre tension pulley bolt ) .............but........
question, the allan key I have for this will "undo" the allan bolt ( and is able to tighten it back up also ) but ........will the allan bolt come out when total slackened off and pass the chassis rail?? meaning that the auto adjust mech will come off without lowering the engine??
does anyone have one of these off at the moment......I presume there is a "pip" on the back of the "auto adjust unit" which fits into a hole on the engine, which locates and stops the "unit" from turning due to the sprung nature of the unit......
also , how long is the allan bolt, total length from allan head to the end of the thread, so I can suss if it can be removed without lowering the engine etc.......
the horrible rattling noise ( aux drive belt derived as the eng is lovely and quiet when running with the aux belt removed, but some noise from the clutch release bearing in think ) which goes away when the eng is hot, is due to the bottom belt run from the a/c pulley to the crank pulley flapping about, and also ( mainly I think apart from all the slight play in the pulleys when cold adding up ) due to the belts "memory" and tight curve about the alternator pulley, which goes away when the belt/eng is hot.......
as ever a brilliant forum and all help greatly appreciated