Tools

• Floor Jack
• 18mm socket and ratchet
• 13mm combo or box wrench (The longer with more offset, the better)
• 8mm & 10mm combination wrench or sockets
• Air Impact or cheater bar (to put over a ratchet).

Procedure

1. Jack the car up
2. Remove the lower plastic splash guard that covers the fan belt area underneath the car. Bolts take a 10mm wrench.
3. With a 18mm socket (3/4" 6 point socket will work), remove the center bolt on the crank pulley. An air impact gun works best, but if one is unavailable then there is another way:
   1. Put the socket on the crank bolt, Slide a pipe (I use the top part of my floor jack handle) over the breaker bar or ratchet.
   2. Make sure that the bar is positioned against the floor at 7 o'clock position or better, and that it will stay there on it's own, do not attempt to hold it there.
   3. Then, using the starter, crank the car over for a second or two. The bolt should now be on the floor with the ratchet.
4. Put a 13mm wrench on the center bolt of the belt tensioner pulley, and turn the wrench clockwise to relieve the spring tension against the belt.
5. Remove the belt.
6. Slide off the pulley.
7. Remove the plastic timing belt cover that's behind the crank pulley. It's 2 bolts, 8mm wrench.
8. Grind off the raised lip around the crank pulley opening. )I did this by rubbing the plastic cover against a concrete driveway) If you fail to do this, the cover will interfere with the belt.
9. Re-install timing cover
10. Install new udp, tighten bolt to specs (81-89 lb/ft).
11. put on new belt the same way the old one came off, using the belt tensioner as the last pulley to slide the belt onto.

Belt diagram to help with reinstallation

1. Generator pulley
2. Belt idler pulley
3. Power steering pump pulley
4. Water pump pulley
5. Belt tensionser
6. A/C clutch pulley
7. Crankshaft pulley damper
8. Belt idler pulley
9. Drive belt

Also see

• Ford Escort & ZX2 section for the entire index of all Ford Escort and ZX2 related articles.