Peugeot 406

since 1996 release

Repair and operation of the car



Peugeot 406
+ 1. Maintenance instruction
+ 2. Maintenance
- 3. Engine
   + 3.1. Petrol engines
   - 3.2. Diesel engines
      3.2.1. Technical data
      3.2.2. Check of pressure of compression
      3.2.3. Installation of the mechanism of gas distribution
      3.2.4. Cover of a head of the block of cylinders
      3.2.5. Pulley of a bent shaft
      3.2.6. Casing of a gear belt
      3.2.7. Gear belt
      + 3.2.8. Pulleys of a gear belt
      - 3.2.9. Right engine mount and mechanism of a tension of a gear belt
         3.2.9.1. Right engine mount
         3.2.9.2. Mechanism of a tension of a gear belt
      3.2.10. The directing roller of a gear belt
      3.2.11. Cam-shaft and pushers
      3.2.12. Check and adjustment of gaps of valves
      + 3.2.13. Removal and installation of a head of the block of cylinders (engines 1.9 liters)
      3.2.14. Removal and installation of the oil pallet
      3.2.15. Removal and installation of the oil pump
      + 3.2.16. Replacement of sealing rings of the crankshaft
   + 3.3. Repair of the engine
+ 4. Cooling systems, heating and ventilation
+ 5. Fuel system
+ 6. System of ignition
+ 7. Coupling
+ 8. Transmissions
+ 9. Power shafts
+ 10. Brake system
+ 11. Suspension bracket and steering
+ 12. Body
+ 13. Electric equipment
+ 14. Main malfunctions





3.2.9.2. Mechanism of a tension of a gear belt

GENERAL INFORMATION

Arrangement of a gear belt on the engine

1. Bolts of fastening of a suspension bracket

2. Plunger of the mechanism of a tension of a gear belt


Removal

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. Remove a suspension bracket and an auxiliary driving belt.
2. Support the engine by a jack through wooden whetstone.
3. Unscrew two bolts of fastening and remove a suspension bracket element from the engine.
4. Combine adjusting openings in pulleys of a cam-shaft, the fuel pump and a flywheel and record them bolts and cores.
5. Weaken a nut of a point of turn of the mechanism of a tension of a gear belt and an adjusting bolt, then turn a tension mechanism suspension bracket counterclockwise until the adjusting bolt does not appear in the middle of a groove, and tighten it.
6. Note the direction of the movement of a gear belt and remove it from pulleys.
7. Manufacture the tool to squeeze a tension mechanism plunger in an installation suspension bracket. The special tool is intended for installation in two lower openings under suspension bracket bolts.
8. Unscrew two lower bolts of fastening of a suspension bracket and install the special tool. Grease the internal surface of the tool to exclude any damage of an end face of a plunger. Unscrew a nut of a point of turn and an adjusting bolt and remove tension mechanism knot.
9. Unscrew two remained bolts of fastening of a suspension bracket and remove a suspension bracket.
10. Press a tension mechanism plunger into a suspension bracket, remove the special tool and take a plunger and a spring.

Installation

Installation is made in the sequence, the return to removal.