paulw60 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Discovery 2 TD5 51 plate, eg feb 2002 new Idler pulley , tensioner and belt, but belt is slack? I torqued up the tensioner before fitting belt. should I loosen it to take up slack then torque back up? I have located the pin on mounting ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Sorry for asking the obvious question but - have you bought the correct belt? I'm sure you're aware they come in different lenghts depending on what's fitted. Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw60 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Yes bear, made sure it was with AC and ACE, it fits perfect just a bit of slack, can't even get finger between belt and a pulley, just loose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_CSK Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 21 hours ago, paulw60 said: Yes bear, made sure it was with AC and ACE, it fits perfect just a bit of slack, can't even get finger between belt and a pulley, just loose! Surely the tensioner pulley should take up the slack. Anything else would seem to imply something hasn't gone back together properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Does the tensioner move at all, i.e. did you have to turn it out off the way to get the belt fitted? The tensioner only fits in one position, with the locating dowel. Then the bolt needs to be fully tightened and the tensioner turned ccw against the internal spring to give clearance for fitting the belt. When released, it should apply tension to the belt. Also double check the belt is routed correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 id suspect the belt is routed incorrectly, been here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 6:54 AM, RedLineMike said: id suspect the belt is routed incorrectly, been here before Ditto - so have I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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