Replacing the accessory drive v-belts on a waterboxer vanagon could not
possibly more straightforward. There are no tricks.  Loosen the alt tension
and pivot bolts, pivot alt, remove belt, etc. etc. etc.  
  Oh, the AC compressor is a bother a bit. Need to study those bolts
carefully.  The PS ......slightly tricky to identify the right bolts if
you've never done it before, but basically its .about as straight forward as
could be as belt changing goes. 
  Be sure to spin each accessory by hand to check for play or roughness.
It's not uncommon for alternator bearings to be loose or rough.  Carefully
check the alternator mounting bracket, that's a weak area - those break if
things aren't kept properly tightened.
   That water pump, that one that's a nightmare to change with the engine in
the car - those last about 70K miles only, quite commonly.     
Scott
www.turbovans.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
jon
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:26 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: WBX: Belt replacement tips???

It's time to replace all the belts on our '86 with A/C and P/S. I've done
belts on Diesel Vanagons quite a few times, but have never done a WBX.

The WBX has more belts than a Diesel, for sure. It looks pretty
straigt forward.

Anyone have an tips to make it better/easier/faster/etc.?

;)

Thanks,

Jon

PS: I already installed a quart of Blinker Fluid. That stuff works!!!