Author Topic: Newbie ! Please help ! steerin pump belt thingy  (Read 1171 times)

Offline STUDLYGF

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Newbie ! Please help ! steerin pump belt thingy
« on: 23 April 2012, 21:53 »
Hi ! just registered ! does anyone know or have a manual on how to adjust the steerin pump belt ! spoke to a mechanic who said easy just loosen this n that then adjust ! got under my new baby and looked ! nope couldnt get it !! as u can tell im no car expert ! lookwed in haynes ! n o answer ! Please !#

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Re: Newbie ! Please help ! steerin pump belt thingy
« Reply #1 on: 23 April 2012, 21:57 »
really easy ,look at the pully bracket think its a 13mm nut on there loose it adjust and pinch it back up as easy as that .... :grin: :wink: :smiley:
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Re: Newbie ! Please help ! steerin pump belt thingy
« Reply #2 on: 23 April 2012, 22:04 »
really easy ,look at the pully bracket think its a 13mm nut on there loose it adjust and pinch it back up as easy as that .... :grin: :wink: :smiley:

cheers mate !! it sounded really easy ! but honestly mate i think i need pics !!!! i will have another look tomorrow !!! the haynes manual just confused me ! im sooo sh!te at this stuff !!!!! I sound like a teenager lol !! im 40 ffs !! gimme my R1  and im fine ! as soon as its a car and im fecked !! lol
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Re: Newbie ! Please help ! steerin pump belt thingy
« Reply #3 on: 24 April 2012, 10:24 »
It's on a jagged tooth bracket type thing you should spot it mile off

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Re: Newbie ! Please help ! steerin pump belt thingy
« Reply #4 on: 25 April 2012, 17:07 »
You need to crack off the mounting bolts, i think one is behind, and its a 16,  then the 13 in the middle of the toothed adjuster, then i think there is another 13 at the top, then i it will move freely on the adjuster, then just nip them up.
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