Changing drivebelt easy?

[LesCM19]

All the pullies look accessible on my 1.2 but Haynes manual says remove wheel and inner arch?

 

How doable is it, bearing in mind I'll be doing it on the drive at night after work? 😬

[AnnoyingPentium]

10 hours ago, LesCM19 said:

All the pullies look accessible on my 1.2 but Haynes manual says remove wheel and inner arch?

 

How doable is it, bearing in mind I'll be doing it on the drive at night after work? 😬

 

Seems excessive to pull it all apart, but I'll page in @Breezy_Pete as he may have more experience - given he swapped a 1.2 once.

[Breezy_Pete]

Not bad to do. 16mm(?) spanner on tensioner, but has to swing through a biggish angle to give enough slack, so may be better going downward where there's more space away from engine mount.

Remove belt from a non-lipped  pulley first and back onto same one last with new belt, after fitting over all the lipped ones.

Headtorch will be handy if no other lighting, photos of belt run before removal may prevent headscratching on refitting.

[TMB]

 

 

EDIT: Ignore the following pic - belt has been installed incorrectly.

 

Here's a handy pic (assuming it has A/C?).....

 

Edited 30 October, 2023 by TMB

[Breezy_Pete]

Hmm... I just took a pic of our AZQ one and it isn't like that. 

 

[TMB]

Are AZQ & BME meant to be the same?

[Breezy_Pete]

This makes more sense to me, more wraparound on little alt pulley

 

2 minutes ago, TMB said:

Are AZQ & BME meant to be the same?

Both 1.2 12 valve. BME superseded AZQ at end of 2004.

 

[TMB]

Hmmm, wonder if the belt is installed wrongly on the one in my pic.

[Breezy_Pete]

I think it may well be. Either that or ours is wrong. 😆

[TMB]

Hehe, yours looks more logical, tbh 👍

[sepulchrave]

21 minutes ago, TMB said:

Hmmm, wonder if the belt is installed wrongly on the one in my pic.

 

Yes wrong, insufficient wraparound as @Breezy_Petestates.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 hours ago, TMB said:

Are AZQ & BME meant to be the same?

 

Just enough of a difference to cause many an issue with incorrect parts.

[J.R.]

Petes posting of how to do it was excellent, as I read it I thought what great advice regarding the photo for the belt run because I got it wrong the first time but it looked absolutely correct and I could not initially see any other way that it could be run.

 

Seeing both the photos compared to the obstructed vision I had its very clear to me now what I did!

[LesCM19]

Job for the weekend then but I'll keep the new belt and spanner with me. It's only got a thread or two adrift on one edge. 

[LesCM19]

I do like when a 5 minute job really does take 5 minutes 👍🏻