How to REPLACE THE BELT on a Porsche Boxster 986 | (Project 5)

[@A1Absolut]

Great video !!! SUPER THANKS

[@HelpMeDIY]

Thanks 🙏

[@josefbleaux6724]

Thanks for posting Buddy!! Everything thing went according to the plan thanks to this video. The mechanic wanted $345 for this job. Cost me $20 for a new belt. It's amazing what replacing an old belt can do. I took her out and she ran like a Champ!!

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Josef Bleaux glad it helped! Feel free to buy me a beer 😁😉🍻

[@TadScales]

I followed the instructions on this video and indeed, it was very easy to do. I took the car for a test drive and it worked fabulously. Great instructions, I used it and no problems at all!

[@HelpMeDIY]

+@TadScales thank you! 🍻

[@Nich_Pavelow]

Dude, your editing is 2nd 2 none!! Holy crap this was the best one yet! Well..... naaa the brake calipers getting painted is my all time great!! Keep up the fantastic work brother!!! 🤘🏾🤙🏾

[@HelpMeDIY]

+N B haha thanks brother!

[@nickfusco9667]

Great video like always! Used it to replace the belt on my Boxster today. :)

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Nick Fusco 😎🍻

[@kho5u]

Great video - you’re doing a really nice job with all these DIY videos…

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Kevin O'Riordan thanks dude! 🙏

[@kingofthewestmidlands4049]

Hello! I'm after some advice! Changed the three pulleys for new on the boxster. 20 minutes of driving they began to rumble... stripped down, took them back for a refund. Sebro and had different, cheap looking bearings. I went old school and purchased three replacement bearings for the FAG 800919b ones. The new were also FAG and the correct deep groove 6203-2RSR C3 and parts were cross referenced by a bearing supplier. Old bearings pressed out and new ones pressed in, all good so far. Put back together, thread lock, torqued up bolts and all good (re-used the old belt though and will pick one up asap). I went for a drive yesterday lunchtime, gentle drive into the countryside and on the way back....rumble smooth then a bit more rumble and as I'm nearly home its bloody rumbling!! Am I missing something? As will be the third time I be stripping it down

[@HelpMeDIY]

+King of the West Midlands wish I could help but I’ve never touched my pulleys other than to replace the belt, so you have more experience than me there 🤷‍♂️

[@kingofthewestmidlands4049]

@@HelpMeDIY is there anyway the belt can be over tensioned (I know its on the self adjusting tensioner)

[@HelpMeDIY]

@@kingofthewestmidlands4049 I don’t think so, unless you bought the wrong belt and it’s too small

[@DanBeauleArt]

Mine just broke today… thx for the video mate.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Dan Beaule you got it! 🍻

[@DanBeauleArt]

@@HelpMeDIY I just love the fact that you give me my sizes for my wrenches before I go into it. Thank you again man

[@HelpMeDIY]

@@DanBeauleArt helpful isn’t it! 😁

[@DanBeauleArt]

@@HelpMeDIY So I got a little into it and the funny thing about used cars is that what you find behind seat in little pocket… Yep bag full of rubbers

[@HelpMeDIY]

@@DanBeauleArt hahaha that’s hilarious

[@Canadian_Icecube]

Excellent, once again. Quick question, when I had the belt changed last year, afterwards, I noticed a very very small “play” with the water pump pulley. Very little however. It rolls fine. Did you notice the same? The belt was changed by a Porsche mechanic and he also changed a few pulleys and the alternator. But never said anything about the water pump going bad. I just checked his work after and that is when I noticed the very small “play/mouvement” with the water pump pulley. Hence my question.

[@HelpMeDIY]

First, thank you 🙏. About the play in the water pump,,, if it hasn’t been changed before and you are over 60,000 miles then it may be likely it’s ready to be changed. They are a point of failure after a while. Mine was changed as a precautionary measure when I had to change the coolant tank. It’s fairly easy and recommended preventative maintenance when you find a potential issue or are doing something related anyway.

[@Canadian_Icecube]

Help me DIY Thank you. There lies my problem, I am not certain if it has not already been changed.

[@HelpMeDIY]

Francois Ducharme well worst case I have a video for that as well 😂

[@michaelking2058]

Excellent video.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+MICHAEL KING thanks! Hope you’re a subscriber now 😉

[@vakertzoukoskr664]

Thanx for helping us.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Vakertzoukos ΒKR glad to do it! 🍻

[@basketball798]

Hi thank you for a great video. My 986 boxter s makes a squeaking noise only at cold start. What can it be pulley belt?

[@HelpMeDIY]

+basketball798 you’re welcome. Could be, or could also be the starter.

[@dziner92821]

I need a video on where to find “male micro plug” to the driver side convertible top transmission? It has disappear on my 99-986?

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Alan Hall did you watch my video on the micro switch locations?

[@iainmcglynn833]

SO. Watched this video. No idea when mine was changed if ever , decided to check it tomo on day off. Went out earlier to deliver food to shielding relatives , heard a bang as if I’d ran over something Battery light comes on, power steering goes stiff. Belt has snapped , would you believe it . So new belt on order 😂

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Iain Mcglynn Oh no! At least you know it’s a really easy fix

[@iainmcglynn833]

Help Me DIY without your video I wouldn’t have known where things were , one big socket and one for the panel bolts , perfect 👌

[@HelpMeDIY]

@@iainmcglynn833 Easy!

[@iainmcglynn833]

Help Me DIY also got my drain cleaner from my fave shop , Amazon , next job

[@fatboybutch]

How many miles when belt snapped?

[@jamesdaniel947]

Very good!

[@HelpMeDIY]

+James Daniel thanks! 🍻

[@iainmcglynn833]

Made that look simple 🙏

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Iain Mcglynn this one really is pretty easy.

[@EPMSolutions1]

On my 1999 Boxste, I removed belt to install new water pump. On reinstallation of the belt, I noticed the AC pulley could rotate freely. Is this normal? Car has 40k miles.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+@EPMSolutions1 sounds normal to me

[@tristandauod]

What do I do if my tensioner pulley must keeps spinning and not releasing enough tension. I can't get the belt on because of that and I've been stuck trying to figure it out. Thanks in advance!

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Tristan Dauod it might need to be replaced? I don’t know though sorry, never experienced that.

[@tristandauod]

@@HelpMeDIY wow, that was a quick response for a 2-year old vid lol, thanks! I ended up figuring it out, luckily. There's a 15mm head on the other side of the 24mm one. I got a stubby 15mm wrench and tightened it as much as I could. That seemed to have tightened the pulley because it was able to release enough tension after that!

[@HelpMeDIY]

@@tristandauod great! Good to know and hopefully that helps someone else later 🍻

[@chrispolk2454]

@@tristandauod Mine is spinning as well. Once me engine cools down a bit more I'll try and get a 15mm wrench back there. Grateful to find this video and this comment.

[@johnmorgan7262]

DO NOT let the wrench slip. The edges of the sheet metal are sharp. Ask me how I know.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+John Morgan ouchhhh 🤕

[@xplane7523]

Later 987.2 Cayman/boxster Belt Tensioner Pivot Arm also seizes @WHnw