That "famed German engineering" has more to do with precision manufacturing tolerances than with ease of repair, doncha know. It's also geared to keeping German mechanics very lucratively employed. ;-)
I'm replacing the smooth-wheel idler pulley and belt tensioner on my Dodge (manufactured when owned by Daimler) right now with grooved ones and a two-sided-groove Gates belt so that I don't have to re-install the serpentine belt in the rain or snow every time a drop of water splashes on it...as it did twice this weekend. Both shop and manual tell me that re-install can't be done without removing a wheel and a wheel-well splash panel and accessing it from the side. Having done it roadside so many times with a 15mm socket and a short cheater from above, I beg to differ with their official pronouncement.
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:04 pm (UTC)I'm replacing the smooth-wheel idler pulley and belt tensioner on my Dodge (manufactured when owned by Daimler) right now with grooved ones and a two-sided-groove Gates belt so that I don't have to re-install the serpentine belt in the rain or snow every time a drop of water splashes on it...as it did twice this weekend. Both shop and manual tell me that re-install can't be done without removing a wheel and a wheel-well splash panel and accessing it from the side. Having done it roadside so many times with a 15mm socket and a short cheater from above, I beg to differ with their official pronouncement.