Disco 1995 v8 efi ES Drive Belt Renewal

Hi Guys

some advice please on changing my drive belt, just noticed this weekend it's showing cracking accross the belt teeth?

Just some credible advice on how to change it and the procedure involved.

Any advice would be appreciated as always.

Thanks Guys

mike22

Spanner on the tensioner, release tension on the belt, remove belt. Assembly is the reverse of dis-assembly ..

Same as above it takes less than 10 minutes from opening the bonnet, its easier if you take off the fan cowel first only one screw on mine.

Lot easier with bar and socket I found!

Oh yeah and don't make the classic mistake of fitting the belt the wrong route over the top of the alternator, make a diagram first if you don't have a manual/rave!

LOL .. I heard of someone local who loosened the tensioner and put the new belt on without taking the old off. The plan being he'd cut off the old belt and that he 'knew' he'd got it right way round, proper route etc ...

Guess which one he cut off when he'd finished ..

i was told to split the belt in half along its length, push the new one on - then cut off the thinnest (old) one.

So was the chap I heard about .. I guess he didn't split the old belt first ..

Hi Guys

Thank for the advice, a jobe for the weekend while the weather holds?

I am at 82k I think it should have been replaced sooner, that said I have only had to replace 3 batteries and 3 alternators, and 1 set of tyres with 5mm still on the tread at 60k, so I think I have been lucky so far.

So my thanks to those who provided the advice I was looking for.

Cheers Guys

Mike22

Dead easy job in removing the old belt but the new one is like a spring, put it on one pully and it jumps of the other and you are still holding off the tension pully with one hand, all good fun I did mine last year at 12 years old.

There are two serp belts for the V8 so make sure get the right one, so take the part number of the existing belt and if you suffer from short term memory loss make notes on the route of the belt.

memorise or take notes, If in doubt you can see which pulleys are smooth and should be up against the back of the belt and which ones are grooved and should sit on the inside of the belt. if grooves arent in grooves and smooth isnt on smooth youve made a mistake. really straightforward job with the right long spanner for leverage. Just take the fan cowl off 1st.

Thanks for the post..job done, hardest part was finding an 8mm socket to remove the bolts holding the cover on..