AUX Belt Headache

[MrMagoo]

I'm in the process of fitting a new aux belt to my brothers car (Volvo C70.) we are having trouble fitting it around the power steering pulley. We've double checked it's going round where it should and the automatic tensioner is pulled to its furthest reach. The haynes manual says the power steering pulley should be left till last to put on, anyone have any ideas? We also checked it was the right size with the old one!

Thanks

[smartphone hater]

As you haven't had a reply yet I'll take a stab in the dark. Do they mean the power steering should be the last pulley the belt goes around, or do they mean the last pulley before the finale one? Most will have a pulley that runs on the back/smooth side of the belt. In my experience it's always easier to to fit the belt & then push the smooth/back of the belt over the smooth pulley last.

I have no experience with the car you are working on so hope I'm not talking st.

[ch427]

some of these aux belts when new look like they will never go on, its a case of using a bit of brute force to stretch the belt on and as previous post says. try a pulley with no lip on it if it has one.

[MrMagoo]

smartphone hater said:

As you haven't had a reply yet I'll take a stab in the dark. Do they mean the power steering should be the last pulley the belt goes around, or do they mean the last pulley before the finale one? Most will have a pulley that runs on the back/smooth side of the belt. In my experience it's always easier to to fit the belt & then push the smooth/back of the belt over the smooth pulley last.

I have no experience with the car you are working on so hope I'm not talking st.

Cheers for the reply, we managed to do it in the end by using the crankshaft pulley to move the belt round until its seated. Was only ment to be a 15min job but it took us 2 hours!