Last time i tought something was easy it took me over 1 month to get it right. Remember the brakes ( ok, two weeks for getting all the rights parts, but still!)JarnoVWPolo6N wrote:How-to change your alternator belt:
-1) the belt is tightened by a spring on the alternator, use for instance a steel pipe or crow-bar as a lever to push the alternator towards the engine, now the belt will come "free"
-2) take the old belt of and put the new one on
-3) now release the pressure on the alternator and let it "swing" back away from the engine, making it tighten the belt again
-4) no go back inside your house, wash your hands and go to UK-polos.net to leave a messege how easy it was
Wished i would have come on and read this earlier. Today I got a little work done on the polo and could have checked if the alternator swings with the help of the crowbar without breaking!
But today I got these fitted:
6N2 rears, Love the way it looks.
tomorrow i'm going to hook up the 3breaklight and i'll look at the alternator
Jarno, since you also got a 1.3 (at least on the papers car!) the V belt is 21,36 x 751mm ? I had a look at etka to see what ribbed v belt to buy. Just need confirmation. Because it wouldn't be the first time VW gave me the wrong part.
The whining has to go!