| Dang German engineers... 08 Jetta belt replacement |
Subject: Dang German engineers... 08 Jetta belt replacement by JeffK on 2011/1/4 13:29:36 Well, this is my winter "beater" / leased car that I'm trying to keep miles off until I throw them back the keys. it only has 35K on it and yesterday morning the belts started sqealing like crazy. Stopped by AZ on the way home and picked up the belts..yes, they still use 2. It doesn't seem like they should have been making noise with only 35K on them. They weren't cracked or anything. I threw them in the trunk for just in case. Here's what you see when you open the hood... [IMG]http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s46/kresge1975/My%20MKV%20Jetta/SU1HMDAwODYtMjAxMTAxMDMtMTk0OS5qcGc.jpg[/IMG] I see the alt but where does that belt go? [IMG]http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s46/kresge1975/My%20MKV%20Jetta/SU1HMDAwODgtMjAxMTAxMDMtMTk1MC5qcGc.jpg[/IMG] Oh, there it is...mmm, that looks like it should be fun. [IMG]http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s46/kresge1975/My%20MKV%20Jetta/SU1HMDAwODctMjAxMTAxMDMtMTk0OS5qcGc.jpg[/IMG] I had to jack it up and take this large piece of plastic off the bottom just to get to the bottom of the engine then the tensioners only moved about 1/2". I got more cuts and scrapes on my hands from doing that than I have in the last couple of weeks tearing the driveshaft and related stuff out of the Vette. |
