08-01-2019, 05:45 PM
My aux belt started to give up the ghost, luckily i caught it pretty quickly and limped over to buy a new one.
Having a bit of trouble fitting it though, I've got a PAS + AC model so its got the automatic tensioner that bolts on with an allen head bolt and can manually release tension using a square-drive hole. Now I've changed the belt before and not had any troubles, but it was a while ago so can't remember if I used any neat trick or whatnot to release the tension. After damaging the 3 tools I had that used the small square drive I gave up, removed the tensioner itself from the car which in hindsight was a mistake as I still need to apply tension to the belt.
So i was wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestions to slackening off the tension for fitting the new belt?
Also I think that now I've removed the tensioner, I'm going to have to take it to a proper peugeot garage that has a fancy electronic tensioning tool? Haynes is rather vague about this.
Having a bit of trouble fitting it though, I've got a PAS + AC model so its got the automatic tensioner that bolts on with an allen head bolt and can manually release tension using a square-drive hole. Now I've changed the belt before and not had any troubles, but it was a while ago so can't remember if I used any neat trick or whatnot to release the tension. After damaging the 3 tools I had that used the small square drive I gave up, removed the tensioner itself from the car which in hindsight was a mistake as I still need to apply tension to the belt.
So i was wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestions to slackening off the tension for fitting the new belt?
Also I think that now I've removed the tensioner, I'm going to have to take it to a proper peugeot garage that has a fancy electronic tensioning tool? Haynes is rather vague about this.
