N15 aux belts replacement - help

tmat9

tmat9

Hi guys,

I need a little bit of help. Wreg N15 GX mera (with A/C & PAS)
One of my 3 aux belts is squeeking when the engine is cold. The car has 46k on the clock, with the original Nissan belts. Tried tensioning the two inner ones where I saw the tensioning bolts but no remedy (haven't done it with the locking nuts just the bolts). The grooved inner side of the belts seem to have lots of little cracks on them too, and I am about to do a longer journey so I'd think it's better to change the belts (haven't looked at prescribed service intervals).

Only problem is I have no idea how to remove the aircon belt. I see the tensioners for the PAS and the alternator, but no idea how to loosen the A/C one.
I have the service manual which tells me nicely how to check and tension but no disassembly or swap guide which p*sses me off a bit, because I don't want to pay a garage to do it.
Not much clearance to get to the belts either, so I'm in need of advice.


Thanks in advance!!!
 
Simcard said:
Getting this done at a garage will not cost that much.
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I'm not paying for anything I can do myself, because it's pointless... When I needed an oil change I shopped around and they wanted to rip me off bw £15-40 (just the labour) so no thanks, I rather put some effort into it :)
 
Got it sorted... Not for the faint hearted I must say, but tackled it.
The service manual is rubbish. I kept cursing and cursing. I got hold of two workshop manuals and the amount of info on the subject was ridiculous, close to nothing. At first I thought because it is so straight forward, which it isn't! 70% of the work is done underneath the car (only found out after numerous cuts and bruises trying to get to nuts and bolts in the zero clearance) and to be able to move the units (pumps) enough to actually get the belts off and back on, you have to loosen several other nuts. Took 4 hours, some stress, but the feeling when completed was worth it! Would be able to do it much quicker now :) Practically it turned out that the A/C compressor is the easiest to undo (big bolt close to sump), and the PAS pump is the most vicious b*tch.
But YAYY I won! (again:)
 
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