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 Post subject: power steering belt keeps coming off!!
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:12 pm 
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im sure this has been asked before did a search and tryed a few things.

it ALWAYS falls off under full boot. pain in the a** as when it comes off it normaly stuffs the belt.
the harmonic balencer is virtually brand new as the old one collapsed under warrenty.
doesnt wobble etc, what else would cause this? tryed both bosch and gates belts...

any ideas would be great

 

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 Post subject: Re: power steering belt keeps coming off!!
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:15 pm 
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Check you belt alignment.
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 Post subject: Re: power steering belt keeps coming off!!
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:18 pm 
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SWC wrote:
Check you belt alignment.

sorry, forgot to mention the alignment looks alright to me, had a mate whos a fitter have a look too and he said belts look alright aligned.
i just thought its a bit sus its only the p/s belt wouldnt think it would have much load going straight under full boot. the idler pulley has minimal play in the bearing but im very doubtful its that, was going to change it as im out of ideas.

 

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 Post subject: Re: power steering belt keeps coming off!!
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:08 pm 
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Fan belts on the EF/EL/AU's don't just fly off....there is something wrong......the belt tensioner assembly or the Harmonic Balancer are usually the culprits.

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:12 pm 
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get a new tensioner?
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:44 pm 
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It's an ed. Not Ef el au. Manual tensioner......

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:44 pm 
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cjh wrote:
Fan belts on the EF/EL/AU's don't just fly off....there is something wrong......the belt tensioner assembly or the Harmonic Balancer are usually the culprits.


Its an ED
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:46 pm 
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c james wrote:
It's an ed. Not Ef el au. Manual tensioner......



SWC wrote:
cjh wrote:
Fan belts on the EF/EL/AU's don't just fly off....there is something wrong......the belt tensioner assembly or the Harmonic Balancer are usually the culprits.


Its an ED



know that .... i looked left :mrgreen:
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:51 pm 
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Hang on, hang on......sometimes whats in the left column isn't what they are talking about...seen that more times than I care to remember.

OK....belt flies off on ED.....which one ????....3 belts.

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:55 pm 
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Hang on, hang on......sometimes whats in the left column isn't what they are talking about...seen that more times than I care to remember.

OK....belt flies off on ED.....which one ????....3 belts.


Haha I have no idea where u got el-au from. And the topic is "powersteering belt keeps coming off" you feeling alright mate? Haha! :wink:

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:03 pm 
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cjh wrote:
Hang on, hang on......sometimes whats in the left column isn't what they are talking about...seen that more times than I care to remember.

OK....belt flies off on ED.....which one ????....3 belts.



only mentioned !!


c james wrote:
SWC wrote:
Check you belt alignment.


i just thought its a bit sus its only the p/s belt wouldnt think it would have much load going straight under full boot. the idler pulley has minimal play in the bearing but im very doubtful its that, was going to change it as im out of ideas.
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:17 pm 
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Is the p/s pump pulley dead inline with the balancer ????....as in square.....if it isn't square, it will come off at big revollies.

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:21 pm 
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Check the belts with the car stationary, engine running and see how the belts look then. Give it a bit of a rev and see what happens. Tensioner bearing could be stuffed, power steering pump shaft bent?
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:27 pm 
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SWC wrote:
Check the belts with the car stationary, engine running and see how the belts look then. Give it a bit of a rev and see what happens. Tensioner bearing could be stuffed, power steering pump shaft bent?


Yeh pretty much tried all that. Like I said before will press a new bearing into the pulley and see if that helps. Will hve to have another good look. Like I said I've had a look, got my mate who's a fitter to look with it not running and running. Jezzze I hate these anoying problems.

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:33 pm 
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My ED doesn't spit any belts...still has original balancer too...revved it to 5,000 rpm...all good.

 

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