Disco fanbelt shredding

Hi,
i have a disco 300tdi auto 1997, my old belt looked worn out on the side wall, so i put a new one on and in around 3 weeks it's started to shred on the front side wall of the belt and one stand has already came off
any help well be great.

I had the same problem a while back on my 96 Disco.

fault was with the tensioner causing the belt not to run true on the other pulleys.

Will be going to landrovers tomorrow to get a tensioner.
thanks,

£70 to £80 for a tensioner or £5 for a new bearing off flea-bay? Your choice. Hope this helps

ordered a tensioner at landrovers,
hope it works, thanks again

sonic6 said:

Hi,
i have a disco 300tdi auto 1997, my old belt looked worn out on the side wall, so i put a new one on and in around 3 weeks it's started to shred on the front side wall of the belt and one stand has already came off
any help well be great.

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Before you buy a new tensioner, check that the bolt is tight and you have pushed it fully home on the spindle.

Tensioners do not wear out that much, and most reasons for belts wearing that soon is because it has not been put back on corectly.

locket said:

Before you buy a new tensioner, check that the bolt is tight and you have pushed it fully home on the spindle.

Tensioners do not wear out that much, and most reasons for belts wearing that soon is because it has not been put back on corectly.

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When the tensioners are totally buggered they make noise or they can wear in the sprung part and not align properly. I have changed loads of tensioners!
Also check the pulleys for signs of irregular grooves and alignment.

hi you must money to burn cheeper to buy bearing fit it yourself if you find you cant get circlip off drill a couble holes comes out easey good luck

irpbath said:

When the tensioners are totally buggered they make noise or they can wear in the sprung part and not align properly. I have changed loads of tensioners!
Also check the pulleys for signs of irregular grooves and alignment.

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From my own experience of these tensioners, they do not wear out, this is a simple pulley. As I stated it is all ways the belt or the way that the tensioner is re-fitted that is the problem.

did the tensioner bearing on my 300 the other day... £5 off ebay and about 1/2 hr to fit...

This problem is now fixed, it was the power steering bracket it had a hair line crack in it,
the crack would open up under load and would start to shred the fan belt, so happy days again