Which belt is which cls 55 omg
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Which belt is which cls 55 omg
I have a cls 55 AMG. One of my belts died. Car is parked on the street. Looking down and to the left there is a pulley with two belts on it. My bad belt is the second one from the back closest to engine. Is that the serpentine of the supercharger belt. Trying to do they myself and avoid a tow. Is a there a diagram somewhere showing how each belt is threated? Thanks Allan
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I have a cls 55 AMG. One of my belts died. Car is parked on the street. Looking down and to the left there is a pulley with two belts on it. My bad belt is the second one from the back closest to engine. Is that the serpentine of the supercharger belt. Trying to do they myself and avoid a tow. Is a there a diagram somewhere showing how each belt is threated? Thanks Allan
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I might suggest that if you're looking at it and can't tell which is which, you might need to get some help with the replacement.
As for routing the belt, the serpentine is about 7 miles long and turns about 23 pulleys. It seems like that when you're installing it, anyway.
The supercharger belt has to come off to replace it. Both belts have spring tensioners that you turn with a socket wrench to remove and install, there's none of the old-fashioned pry the alternator out to tighten the belt.
(The picture is from my S55 docs, but it's the same engine.)
The supercharger belt only goes over three pulleys: the crank, the supercharger, and its tensioner pulley.
As for routing the belt, the serpentine is about 7 miles long and turns about 23 pulleys. It seems like that when you're installing it, anyway.
The supercharger belt has to come off to replace it. Both belts have spring tensioners that you turn with a socket wrench to remove and install, there's none of the old-fashioned pry the alternator out to tighten the belt.
(The picture is from my S55 docs, but it's the same engine.)
The supercharger belt only goes over three pulleys: the crank, the supercharger, and its tensioner pulley.
Last edited by wfooshee; Oct 20, 2020 at 02:16 PM.
