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XJ TD Serpentine belt
« on: October 01, 2017, 06:13:14 PM »
Hello, the belt went in mine today, and I have never replace one before. Has anyone got instructions on how to fit a new one? Are there any special tools I need? Is it worth doing/replacing anything else whilst doing the job? And anywhere that sells the belt for less than £50?
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2017, 09:27:27 PM »
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2017, 04:18:31 PM »
vm specialist in sheffield.


If i remember its nothing special to install. slacken off alternator and use a 17 or 19mm spanner on the belt tensioner ully if required
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2017, 04:54:45 PM »
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2017, 04:55:33 PM »
Quote from: Dave69 on October 03, 2017, 04:18:31 PM
vm specialist in sheffield.


If i remember its nothing special to install. slacken off alternator and use a 17 or 19mm spanner on the belt tensioner ully if required

Cheers Dave
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2017, 05:07:14 PM »
Right, I got the belt, but I can't figure out how to fit it. I can't slacken the alternator, as it doesn't seem to want to move, and I can't leverage the belt over the pulley. I can't undo any of the tensioner pulleys either. Has anyone done this who can advise please?
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2017, 05:09:53 PM »
In the belt tensioner there is an 1/2" square - put a breakerbar in there and push the tensioner back - this will give you the slack to fit the new belt.

The tensioner should move back on it's own - but most of the time they are a bt knackered - so just tighten it by pulling the tensioner back to the desired tension - or pay a fortune and buy a new tensioner....
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2017, 05:52:02 PM »
This may work for you...at another time, with a similar setup, it worked for me. Give everything on and around the tensioner (except the face in contact with the belt) a generous dose of penetrating oil ...WD40 could do, in a pinch. They are prone to locking themselves into one position, unless lubricated from time to time. My method used to be...douse the parts which should move, with the light oil, wait an hour, give it a couple of good taps with a rubber mallet and repeat the oil application.

Give it a try.
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2017, 09:32:52 PM »
Cheers guys. Which pulley is the tensioner you refer to with the 1/2 drive square?
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2017, 11:21:11 PM »
it is the pulley on the right hand side of the engine that has a square hole in the arm that the pulley is screwed to.
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2017, 10:34:44 PM »
This pic is from one of the XJ FSMs...

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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2017, 12:13:15 PM »
FAAAARRRRRRRRRKKKKK!!!!
This isn't supposed to happen, right?
IMG_2225 by Rich Pierson, on Flickr
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2017, 01:43:58 PM »
That's the female part of the tensioner which decided to come off whilst adjusting the tensioner for fitment of the belt  :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Re: XJ TD Serpentine belt
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2017, 10:25:23 PM »

bugger

the option now is to push it back with a bar
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