On a gt2200..how do you loosen bolt on bottom of main pulleys, engine keeps turning

to remove clutch fan you need to remove upper fan shroud, you need large wrench to remove the fan clutch retaining nut to remove fan and clutch away from the engine drive belt should keep pulley from turning while loosen fan clutch retaining nut.if pulley belt turns while loosen fan clutch bolt remove drive belt use strap wrench hold pulley while you remove fan clutch bolt this procedure for checvrolet if you working on volkswagon you need spanner wrench hold the idler pulley while you use large wrench to loosen the large drive nut to fan clutch. you have to remove fan with clutch from engine then you can remove clutch from fan you can go to auto parts stores rent a spanner wrench try auto zone they rent out tools.

Locate the two belts on the left side (passenger side) of your Mitsubishi Lancer. The outer belt is a serpentine belt, operating four pulleys and the inner belt is your alternator belt.

2 Follow the serpentine (outer) belt to the three pulleys lined up vertically near the front of the engine compartment. Locate the middle pulley, which is the tension pulley for the belt.

3 Loosen the bolt on the middle pulley with a socket wrench by turning counter-clockwise. Do not remove the bolt, just turn it a couple of times. Loosen the tensioner bolt on the side of the of the pulley, facing the front of the vehicle.

4 Remove the serpentine belt and then loosen the bolt on the alternator. With the alternator loose, move it forward so that the alternator belt loosens up and then remove belt from the pulleys.

5 Install the new alternator belt by placing it over both inside pulleys. Tighten the tension on the alternator belt by moving the alternator back and keeping tension on it by holding it back with a long screwdriver. While the alternator belt is tight, use a socket wrench to tighten up the bolt on the alternator.

6 Place the serpentine belt back on the pulleys and then use a socket wrench on the bolt on the front of the tension pulley. Once the serpentine belt is tight, tighten up the bolt in the middle of the tension pulley.

7 Start the Mitsubishi Lancer's engine to test the alternator belt and make sure it is working properly. Once you have verified it is working, turn the engine off.

The crankshaft pulley bolt loosens by turning Counter-Clockwise. Ensure the pulley is secure from movement so that you can loosen the pulley bolt without turning over the engine. You may need to use breaker bar to loosen the pulley bolt, or at least a large wrench.

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1. Remove air filter to give you more room to play
2. Loosen alternator and alternator tensioner. Alternator tensioner bolts to water pump so that bolt will need to come out.
3. With the alternator loose, the main drive belt should be loose and be able to be removed, do this.
4. Loosen the tensioner bolt for the air conditioner, on the underside of the engine. Losen the nut on the air conditioner tension wheel. The tensioner wheel should now slide up and down freely, allowing removal of the air conditioner belt.
5. Remove the 4 x 10mm bolts on the water pump pulley. Remove the water pump pulley.
   
6. Remove the 4 x 10mm bolts on the camshaft pulley. This is the main pulley that all the belts connect to. There is a large 17mm bolt in the middle of this pulley that does not need to be removed. (Crankshaft Bolt).
7. The camshaft pulley should slide off, however you will probably have no clearance (because of the crankshaft bolt) to remove the pulley. The pulley has to be removed.
   
8. Place a jack under the sump, use a piece of wood to protect the sump. Jack the sump up 1/2 inch. Undo the two 14mm bolts in the engine mounts. When the two left hand engine mount bolts are out, lower the jack slowly until you can slide the camshaft pulley out.
   
9. Remove the plastic timing belt cover.
10. You should now see the timing belt, remove the timing belt tensioner pulley, being careful not to move the timing belt wheels.
11. Undo the bolts holding the water pump.
12. Water pump should come off, water will come out if you haven't drained it.
13. Scrape off gasket.
14. Install new water pump.
15. Reassemble in reverse order.

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Locate the two belts on the left side (passenger side) of your Mitsubishi Lancer. The outer belt is a serpentine belt, operating four pulleys and the inner belt is your alternator belt.

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Follow the serpentine (outer) belt to the three pulleys lined up vertically near the front of the engine compartment. Locate the middle pulley, which is the tension pulley for the belt.

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Loosen the bolt on the middle pulley with a socket wrench by turning counter-clockwise. Do not remove the bolt, just turn it a couple of times. Loosen the tensioner bolt on the side of the of the pulley, facing the front of the vehicle.

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Remove the serpentine belt and then loosen the bolt on the alternator. With the alternator loose, move it forward so that the alternator belt loosens up and then remove belt from the pulleys.

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Install the new alternator belt by placing it over both inside pulleys. Tighten the tension on the alternator belt by moving the alternator back and keeping tension on it by holding it back with a long screwdriver. While the alternator belt is tight, use a socket wrench to tighten up the bolt on the alternator.

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Place the serpentine belt back on the pulleys and then use a socket wrench on the bolt on the front of the tension pulley. Once the serpentine belt is tight, tighten up the bolt in the middle of the tension pulley.

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Start the Mitsubishi Lancer's engine to test the alternator belt and make sure it is working properly. Once you have verified it is working, turn the engine off.

First remove all. Power-steering pump 3 bolts on cylinder head. Loosen the alternator. remove the two belts. Underneath the car. remove black wheel arch plastic cover (6 or 7screws) Loosen the air con pump tension-er pully. Remove belt. put a trolley jack under engine as the mounting needs to be removed and lift the engine slightly. Remove the engine mounting bolts next to the black cam belt cover and remove the mounting. Loosen the Main crank shaft pulley. Normally very tight put a power bar and socket on. engine turns forward so let the bar rest on X member and turn the key only so that the engine turns. do not start. Remove cam belt covers (comes in to parts - top and bottom) then loosen the tension pulley which is on the left. 1 x bolt in middle. remove cam belt. now the tricky part. Replace the bottom crack pulley. turn so that the marks are lining up. the cam pulley has got a small hole in turn the hole upward to the top of engine. there is a small dot on the cylinder head which can be seen through the hoe. line up. replace idle pulley on the right. replace tension pulley on the left. put new belt on and now to tension the belt. take a number 5 or 6 allen key and turn the tension er clock wise until its like a watch at 10 min to the hour. tighten the bolt. test belt with fingers. if belt to loose you will feel the belt move easily. belt must not be to hard when pressed. try to turn the belt with fingers half a turn if going passed the halfway mark tighten some more. Use power bar and ensure engine turns properly meaning two or three full turns with hands without it getting stuck. otherwise the valve and piston is toughing. if so do crank turn of 180 degrease. free turn again. should be right. replace all that was taken off. start car. if belt tension is to tight you will hear a signing sound.

Looking at the front of the engine you should see, from left to right, the PS pump, a tensioner pulley, and the crank pulley.

Loosen the 14mm fixing bolt and the 14mm fixing nut on the tensioner pulley.
On the bottom there is a 14mm adjuster bolt, loosen it to slide the pulley downward. It helps to have a swivel socket to access this bolt.
The belt goes around the outside of all 3 pulleys.

The alternator belt will need to be loosened to get the PS belt on behind it.
Between the Crankshaft pulley and the ac compressor pulley you will see another adjuster. Simply loosen the 14mm nut on the center of the pulley, then loosen the 14mm adjuster bolt sticking out the bottom to slacken the belt enough to slip it off.

Use the same adjusters to tension the belts once installed, and tighten down all fixing nuts/fixing bolts.

Be advised: If you broke your PS belt, you should verify your pump and tensioner pulley are in good shape and spin freely, and were not the cause of belt failure before putting on a new belt!

Tensioner pulley can be loosened by getting underneath passenger side of the engine compartment.
You will see two bolts. The one in back of pulley should be loosened first, then the bottom bolt which relieves the belt should guide you the rest of the way.

the water pump on the 3.1 isnt to hard to change ...

1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
2. Partially drain the cooling system into a suitable container.
3. Remove the drive belt guard.
4. Loosen the water pump pulley bolts before removing the drive belt. This should help keep the pulley from turning as the bolts are loosened.
5. Remove the drive belt. Remove the water pump pulley bolts and remove the pulley.
6. Remove the water pump bolts and separate the pump from the engine front cover.

no shortcut, had to take pulley off. It was'nt that bg a deal, just secure pulley so it won't turn while loosening. If the pulley had been 1/8th of an inch smaller in diameter, lower bolt would have came right out. Some engineer probably got a hell of a christmas bonus for that engineering marvel!!!
Thanks alot anyway,
TRussrod