Thread: squeaking drive belt

frayed at the edges........is the new belt the correct width......?
is it fitted correctly on all the pulleys.......? its not one groove out on any of the pulleys......?

is this the type of circlip you are referring to.........?

Im hoping that was the reason for the belt failure- out one groove on one of the pulleys, this I have now checked carefully and all is now OK there -

I have drilled a small hole in the circlips, so I can remove them with circlip pliers - but the pulley on the air conditioning drive belt has a normal circlip!

I'll just keep driving it and see if it settles down I guess

Thats the one! probably not called a circlip at all - but that is the function.

its called a bore clip.....it fits inside the bore of something........
has also been called a jesus clip........ie....jesus....where did that clip go.....!!??!!




to remove......you fit a screw driver in the end of it under the tongue.....then twist until one end is clear of the groove it sits in........
then using a second screwdriver in behind the end that is now held out.....lever it up slightly so it cant fall back into its groove.......
then carefully pry it out by slowly working the screwdrivers in behind it and working the clip out of its groove........

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

carefully pry it out by slowly working the screwdrivers in behind it and working the clip out of its groove........

Then you go and buy a new one because you can't find the clip over the other side of the workshop.

Putting the new one in is also good. Make sure you have a spare bearing to replace the one whose dust shield you pierce or dent with the screwdriver.

Ron

youve had a bit of experience with them jesus clips ron......?

Thanks for that ... I actually went and bought some actual circlips, and turned the groove wider to accept, same, but there didnt seem enough room on the main belt tensioner pulley.

So ...its a bore clip, not that other thing I was calling it.