Alternator belt replacement

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Yes, I have searched - but only found a How-to guide relating to earlier 1100/1150 models.

I have a new belt, and I have a Haynes BoL. Haynes book says I need the official BMW tool to fit a new belt - but I understand these are £100+ to buy!? Anyone here fitted a new belt on a TC without using the official tool? Any tips?
 
easier method...

Go with the guide to the point of installing the new belt.

Ensure main spark plugs are out on BOTH sides.

Get an adjustable spanner on the nut you can see in the final image. Put the belt on as far as you can, much as per the image, then, put the adjustable on to hold the belt in place AND turn it clockwise... It will just pop on easily.

Make sure the belt is in the correct grooves as being just one out will work the belt VERY hard and it will self destruct in double quick time.

Roger...
 
Roymondo said:
Yes, I have searched - but only found a How-to guide relating to earlier 1100/1150 models.

I have a new belt, and I have a Haynes BoL. Haynes book says I need the official BMW tool to fit a new belt - but I understand these are £100+ to buy!? Anyone here fitted a new belt on a TC without using the official tool? Any tips?
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What I did was slacken the bolts that hold the alternator in place change the belt and retighten. So much simpler. Of course you have to take the tank off first but saves a lot of brushed knuckles.
 
Roymondo said:
Yes, I have searched - but only found a How-to guide relating to earlier 1100/1150 models.

I have a new belt, and I have a Haynes BoL. Haynes book says I need the official BMW tool to fit a new belt - but I understand these are £100+ to buy!? Anyone here fitted a new belt on a TC without using the official tool? Any tips?
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Changed two belts and not needed the "special tool", just follow the instructions on the link already posted and it will go on:thumb

Have a look at this and if you want to do it quicker just cut the old belt off, that's what I did.

Nice video maybe worth a sticky

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+1:thumb for the adjustable spanner method, pops on in seconds. I used a strip cut from an old plastic milk bottle to remove the old one, just feed it around the pully then the belt slips off, kept the old belt as an emergency spare.
 
If I was as close to London as you are I would ride over to see Neil aka Steptoe
feck me I've been further for a pint of milk :D:thumb
 
seems a bit of a faff on to take the old one off,surely a pair of snips and just snip it ,off in a crack.:nenau
 
Shunt said:
Buy two belts ;)
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The old one would go back on a lot easier than a new one which might be important if you're away from home and a long way from a garage.

As well as using a wrench to help get the new one on, I also put the bike in 6th gear, plugs out, and found I could use a foot to turn the engine so I could concentrate on getting the new belt on, using the side of the wrench to keep the belt in place. Quite easy in the end. The old one came off fairly easily by putting a 1" x 8" strip of plastic underneath the belt on the top pulley and then hooking it off.
 
After my belt shredding and having to get a flatbed back home I wish I had kept the old belt instead of waiting for 2 days for a replacement.....

I would stick it under the seat as I could of got the RAC to replace the belt instead of waiting for 4 hours for a flatbad.

Lesson learened and you cannot keep an old tyre under your seat :D
 
Gave my older lad a bit of a hand this afternoon as he did a few wee jobs on my 2006 GS. Including the belt change. Precautionary at 7 years old but under 20K miles.

I learned a VERY expensive lesson years ago by not changing a VW cam belt soon enough on a low miles car.

Old belt popped off a treat with a piece of plastic bottle under it on the lower pulley. A pull with a large screwdriver popped it off. We used the plugs out, turn rear wheel technique to fit the new belt. With a hammer handle pressing on the new belt to keep it in on the lower pulley as it rotated on. Popped on in seconds. Then we took it off and put it on again because we were a groove out on the top pulley. Hiding in the dark up there. A 592 BTW.

I can't imagine what the BM Special Tool actually does. I can imagine what a BM dealer charges for the job.

The old belt was in good nick and would have run much longer, but it was interesting to find many very small stone chips embedded inside the belt grooves.

Also changed rear hub oil and all brake pads in a very short time. Pace of mind for a long time now.

I owe my boy a few beers.:beerjug:
 
Boxerboy55 said:
I can't imagine what the BM Special Tool actually does.

The old belt was in good nick and would have run much longer, but it was interesting to find many very small stone chips embedded inside the belt grooves.
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The special tool rotates the crank whilst stretching the new belt and placing it onto the pulley correctly eg not out of line with the vee grooves in the pulley. Nothing that can't be improvised using the methods you suggest.

Likewise, I also found a lot of tiny flint chippings embedded in my alternator belt at 18,000 miles so I replaced it early.
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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