belt diagram

[Sam I Am]

It took longer than I thought it should to find a belt diagram on the web. So if anyone else is looking for one, here you go:

Make sure you are looking at the right engine, there are 3 in the picture. It's not the best quality, but it sure beats trial and error.

Guess what I get to do tomorrow?

[Sam I Am]

I finally got around to changing the belt today.
I don't remember where I read that it can be changed without removing the splash guard, but I don't see how that is possible. Someone would have to have some paper-thin monkey hands to guide the belt around the pulleys properly with the splash shield in place. At least that is what I observed on the 2003 ZX2. The splash shield that needed to be removed was the right side one, held in place with 7 bolts with 10mm heads.
And I didn't have a good breaker bar with me, but that would be the best thing to use on the tensioner. I was at someone else's house with a minimum of tools in my trunk. What I had with me was adequate, but a long handled breaker bar would have been easier. I used a regular Craftsman 3/8 drive ratchet, short half inch (or 13mm) socket on the tensioner and a one inch box wrench for leverage. Crude but effective. I had a nice big jack handle, but it was too long to fit under the car and the ratchet was too short to use from the top. I improvised. I adapted. I overcame the odds. I used a bigger wrench.

[jonmark1985]

The front of most Gates books have a really good section with belt routing diagrams also!

[Sam I Am]

That's a good tip except that most of the parts store clerks around here are too lazy to look it up or make a copy I can take with me. I printed the large version of the image above and carried it out to the car while doing the job. And there is now a copy in the car along with the old spare belt just in case of road side necessity. That is more of a concern for me than having it available at home, with computer access, or a one time glance at the parts store. The replacement belt was Gates, BTW.

If someone wants a larger and slightly easier to read version of the image above, PM me your email address and I can email it to you.

[badzy]

great diagram!

[dabullhead]

This is for a 2002 escort zx2 ? Sweet, only place I found this ! Hood wqas replaced and no manual available yet unless you buy the pro version for like $95 !!