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Success at last! Today I drove the Micra up onto ramps. After much contortion (!), and the use of mirrors, I was able to locate an adjustment slot and associated tensioner bolt on the steering pump mounting bracket. (To locate, from above, place a small mirror just above the steering pump...

No, you weren't frank. Almost spot on!

Success at last! Today I drove the Micra up onto ramps. After much contortion (!), and the use of mirrors, I was able to locate an adjustment slot and associated tensioner bolt on the steering pump mounting bracket. (To locate, from above, place a small mirror just above the steering pump...

AugustWest Like you, I don't have a tensioner bolt that I can see. Did you manage to tension your belt in the end? If so, how? (Mine's got a power steering pump. The only way I can see to tension it is to loosen the pump somehow and lever it outwards??)

Thanks, Frank. All the setups shown have an idler pulley. But my micra doesn't have one. The belt goes round the crankshaft pulley, the water pump pulley and the power steering pump pulley. That's it. Only the power steering pump pulley appears moveable. But I can't figure out how!

Thanks, everyone. But I seem to have a different setup. There is no tensioner bolt anywhere that I can see. Today I tried to tension the belt by slackening what appeared to be the two pivot bolts on the power steering pump, and then trying to lever the pump outwards to tighten it - but it...

Can anyone enlighten me as to how the water pump/power steering pump drivebelt is adjusted? The Haynes manual refers to adjustment via a 'tensioner pulley', but my Micra doesn't have one - presumably because it has a power steering pump fitted. Do you loosen the power steering pump (how?)...

No, I didn't. Is that recommended? It doesn't mention it in the Haynes Manual.

I've just finished fitting new brake shoes to nearside rear of my Micra K11, and intend to tackle the offside next. I found the job extremely fiddly and quite difficult - the upper and lower springs seem really strong! I had a lot of trouble getting them off, and back on. I used a pair of...