[V8] starter / serpentine belt BTDT?

[Ron Wainwright]

Starter R&R,

1) disconnect the betterie
2)Lower allen head bolt is an 8MM gotten from under the car.
3) top bolt is gotten from top. Remove the airfilter housing/snorkels,
remove the P-side plug wires from the spark plugs & remove the cap. Once thats done you can use a 10mm allen head socket. Insert the socket & you will notice that not all of it goes in....that will give you enough room to put a 10mm open end wrench on the allen head bit that sticks out.
Remove the two wires from the starter.

 What does the serp belt kit contain? belt, rollers & damper? anyway.....
remove the rad fan, 2 10mm bolts & put it on the hydro res.
remove the 10mm bolt from the top of the serp belt damper on the p-side t-belt cover. Use a screw driver to push out the top of the damper.
Now you can use the closed end of a 13mm wrench on the acorn nut. The acorn nut is located to the Left of the crank pully. Push down to relieve the tension & pull the belt off.
The rollers have a Blk plastic cover on them. Use a small blade screwdriver to pop the cap & use a 6mm allen head to remove the bolts & wiggle the rollers off.
 You shouldn't have any issues with room if you remove the rad fan.

 If you need any pics of anything I can send them to you.... just let me know.

 Ron


--- On Thu, 1/1/09, Karl Middlebrooks <benzeenprophet at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Karl Middlebrooks <benzeenprophet at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [V8] starter / serpentine belt BTDT?
> To: "Audi V8Q Mailing list" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 6:49 PM
> Having gotten laid off for the holidays (which was much less
> fun than getting a bonus for the holidays), I'm now
> getting around to doing a little needed work on the Titan
> Grey 90.
> 
> I've got a rebuilt Bosch starter ready to go, but
> having read a few threads in the archives about the
> difficulty of some of the bolts, I'm curious about the
> best way to go about getting the old out.
> 
> Also, I've got a new serpentine belt kit that needs to
> go on. On first inspection, it looks like all things
> considered, the best way to go about replacing the
> serpentine belt and idlers is with the front removed from
> the car. I've got other cars to use, and it seems like
> it's not a bad time to learn how to take the front end
> off the car. Thoughts on replacing the best way to replace
> the belt without removing the front end, or gotchas on
> taking off/replacing the front? The manuals specify that a
> pin should be put in to keep the tension off, and i
> don't have the Audi pin...any advice as to what
> works/doesn't work for that? 
> 
> Karl
> too much time on my hands now....
> 
> 
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