Changing the belt on a Volkswagen in 5 seconds

Renew Deal

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Thu Nov-19-09 01:07 PM
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Changing the belt on a Volkswagen in 5 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQhfcdQf1QA

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kayakjohnny

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Thu Nov-19-09 01:09 PM
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1. That's pretty damn good!

Thanks.

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HopeHoops

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Thu Nov-19-09 01:10 PM
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2. Now THAT is funny!

It takes a good two hours on a modern car - mostly because you have to take out 150 lbs of shit to even GET at the belt.

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Brother Buzz

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Thu Nov-19-09 01:39 PM
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3. Not necessarily true

I changed the belt on my F150 in about forty-five seconds using one tool, a 3/8" socket drive without any sockets, and it's a belt about six feet long. Heck the Ford company even pasted a diagram in the engine compartment to show how it should be routed around the pulleys for us pea-brain dummies.

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HopeHoops

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Thu Nov-19-09 03:36 PM
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5. I found a 40+ year old tool that was designed for tensioning a belt...

Sunday afternoon - had to make the repair myself.

The tension pulley on my 93 Sable wagon has a box socket on the back side. How the FUCK do you get at that?

My late grandfather was a Ford mechanic, since like right after WW II. I got all of his tools. I was digging around and found a 2' long rod with a swivel end socket on the end. I don't think I had ever used it and it was ancient. Perfect fit. One tug and BOOM - all tensioned. I'm sure that's what the tool was designed to do.

Is that cool or what?

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Brother Buzz

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Thu Nov-19-09 05:04 PM
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6. That is cool and I'm happy you were able to give the tool a new life (grandpa is smiling)

I call it a socket drive but it's really a breaker bar in the trades and it's exactly what I used, albeit a smaller one.

I use the the smaller drivers often because I find them faster than a conventional ratchet driver. I start using the tool perpendicular, like a screwdriver, for the fast easy turns, then turn horizontal for the tightening. The Luddite in me admits the screw gun is faster for some applications, but sometimes simple is easier.

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david13

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Thu Nov-19-09 01:47 PM
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4. Do not try this at home. This is a professional stunt mechanic on

a closed course. That is not exactly the safe, or the by the book method.
Depends on the car. Some can be done easily, and some cannot. Remember this is not a serpentine belt, but a generator belt.
dc

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hobbit709

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Thu Nov-19-09 05:20 PM
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7. On my old 65 VW

The perfect way to set the points was with a dime and a matchbook. The dime loosened the set screw and the paper matchbook cover was the exact size gap gauge.

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Ikonoklast

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Thu Nov-19-09 05:41 PM
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8. And if the points were worn or pitted, the matchbook striker

was just abrasive enough to file down the point face. Better than emory cloth.

Been there.

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