Belt Replacement 3.0 2nd gen

[amethyst]

Morning peeps its been a while been a busy bee with my gaming website (http://www.pimpmywii.co.uk) and the dreaded work aswell,

Had a shock of my life this morning when heard a metallic grinding noise coming from the engine bay while on the M18, turns out one of the 2 belts has shredded from the alternator doo dahh... luckily still got one left on but got RAC out anyways who were very helpful, I have ordered a drvebelt set from roughtrax and also a timing belt as the lights on and its been a couple of years since that was changed.

What i'm after is some instructions for changing the main belts, i have found one for the timing belt but cant find any for the drive belts.
I have searched the forum, and the links within them ie to the normal places dont seem to have the instructions for the 3.0 version.

http://toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/3lt/drivebelts.htm

as you will see from the above link that it seems to be under construction (booooo) and being a noob could do with some guidance..
Any help would be appreciated as need to get this done tomorrow when the belts arrive so can get to work sadly...

Ta in advance

Stu

[stormforce]

Hi mate i have just done all the belts on a truck i got here.I took the rad shroud off and the viscous fan then slackened the alternator right off by taking the top bolt out.Fitted the new belts but it was a sod to get the top bolt hole lined up again tho.Tensiond the drive belts and that was it.

I did have the air con pump off aswell,just take the bolts out but don't take any pipes off and tie it back out the way.
Once the drive belts were back on i refitted the shroud and vivcous fane and then put the air con belt on as i found there was a bit bore room to work while the a.c pump was out the way but you may be able to do it with the pump in place

[amethyst]

Hi mate i have just done all the belts on a truck i got here.I took the rad shroud off and the viscous fan then slackened the alternator right off by taking the top bolt out.Fitted the new belts but it was a sod to get the top bolt hole lined up again tho.Tensiond the drive belts and that was it.

I did have the air con pump off aswell,just take the bolts out but don't take any pipes off and tie it back out the way.
Once the drive belts were back on i refitted the shroud and vivcous fane and then put the air con belt on as i found there was a bit bore room to work while the a.c pump was out the way but you may be able to do it with the pump in place

Cool... so its worth taking off the fan first then? was wondering how to get the belts over lol..

[stormforce]

Cool... so its worth taking off the fan first then? was wondering how to get the belts over lol..

The aicon belt will go over the fan but i find it much easier with the fan and shroud out the way
all in a hour to do it i suppose

[amethyst]

The aicon belt will go over the fan but i find it much easier with the fan and shroud out the way
all in a hour to do it i suppose

yeah looking at it it will be easier.... will make it easier to get to the other pulley belts too..

[amethyst]

Well the belts have arrived from Roughtrax BUT they have teeth on them ... the original ones dont... will this make a difference or have they sent the wrong ones?

[SurfingNow]

ring them and ask!
But id of thought only cam belt has teeth n othes
shud b plain, (flat bottomed)

[stormforce]

The belts are fine . The ones i have just put on are the same

[amethyst]

excellent cheers... have started the process... got the front (fan belt) off, but having trouble with slackening off the alternator so can slip off the belt from there... have undone the tensioner (both nuts) but no movement is there another bolt? if so where is it?

[stormforce]

there is another bolt under neath the alternator so you may need to slacken that one also.I did take the top bolt out completely.I did have to struggle a bit to get the belts back on over the alternator but they did go on.

[amethyst]

PHEW all done... not done the timing belt thats another days job i think...

I had right trouble with the mian fan belt it would not fit on... had to crank the engine to get it on...

but alls well that ends errrm.... well... i think... need to go for a run to be sure......

but now i need beer and food.....

[amethyst]

Hi Peeps,

Ok am up for doing the Timing belt now >gulp< and am in need of some advice and guidance on how to do it (pictures if possible) I have looked on the normal sites for for a walkthrough but unable to find one thats not "under construction"

feel a bit jittery about doing it but if there are some instructions will be ok i guess lol...

thanks in advance



Stu

[amethyst]

i found this one

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ng+belt&page=2

Is ther much difference between the 2nd and 3rd gen?

will be having a go... crikey hope i dont kill it lol...