Ben Southall
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Hey gang
Here's a curious one for you.
My Land Rover Defender 300tdi engine has got a bit of an issue with the auxiliary belt. I need to give you a little context first.
Last year I drove from Singapore to London and in Nepal noticed that auxiliary belt was wearing away on the engine size as the power steering pump bearing was failing. I managed to make it to the land rover dealer in kathmandu and had it replaced with a genuine new one.
Everything has been going fine with it ever since, I completed the journey and have amassed another 10k kms since then.
I checked the belt the other day and noticed it was starting to crack in places so time for a replacement. I put a new one on and started up but could hear a rubbing noise and worked out the belt was rubbing up against the engine side of the power steering pump pulley (shown in the photo). Clearly it's not sitting centrally on the pulley and that's wearing away at the new belt.
On closer inspection the old belt has had a fair bit of the inside edge (almost an entire groove had worn away)
I've checked the power steering pump for any movement on the pulley itself and it's solid as new. The tensioner has no movement and none of the other pulleys appear to have any issues.
Does anyone have any ideas if the power steering pump can be moved towards the engine block at all ie shimmed to move it a couple of mm backwards?
Or any other ideas on what night be causing this?
Help me out of a confusing situation!!
Cheers
Ben
Here's a curious one for you.
My Land Rover Defender 300tdi engine has got a bit of an issue with the auxiliary belt. I need to give you a little context first.
Last year I drove from Singapore to London and in Nepal noticed that auxiliary belt was wearing away on the engine size as the power steering pump bearing was failing. I managed to make it to the land rover dealer in kathmandu and had it replaced with a genuine new one.
Everything has been going fine with it ever since, I completed the journey and have amassed another 10k kms since then.
I checked the belt the other day and noticed it was starting to crack in places so time for a replacement. I put a new one on and started up but could hear a rubbing noise and worked out the belt was rubbing up against the engine side of the power steering pump pulley (shown in the photo). Clearly it's not sitting centrally on the pulley and that's wearing away at the new belt.
On closer inspection the old belt has had a fair bit of the inside edge (almost an entire groove had worn away)
I've checked the power steering pump for any movement on the pulley itself and it's solid as new. The tensioner has no movement and none of the other pulleys appear to have any issues.
Does anyone have any ideas if the power steering pump can be moved towards the engine block at all ie shimmed to move it a couple of mm backwards?
Or any other ideas on what night be causing this?
Help me out of a confusing situation!!
Cheers
Ben