870 Water pump belt

[Nomad74]

@Justin Stockwell or anyone else. I'm noticing my water pump belt starting to whine at 1000+ psi. It may be time to tighten it. Is this procedure a pain in the rump? I haven't really looked into this, but figured I'd ask. Thanks.

 

[Papa John]

See--page 31 of the owners manual.
seems easy enough.
https://www.legendbrandscleaning.co.../2471/49-076 MANUAL SAPPHIRE 870 SS REV C.pdf

 

[Nomad74]

See--page 31 of the owners manual.
seems easy enough.
https://www.legendbrandscleaning.com/Fileshare/Documents/Products/2471/49-076 MANUAL SAPPHIRE 870 SS REV C.pdf

Nothing there about the pump belt. Just the blower belts. Did i miss something? Ill have to look when i get home.

 

[Nomad74]

See--page 31 of the owners manual.
seems easy enough.
https://www.legendbrandscleaning.com/Fileshare/Documents/Products/2471/49-076 MANUAL SAPPHIRE 870 SS REV C.pdf

Found it, I'm at home now. It was too hard to read in the car while eating a Baconator. Thank you @Papa John

Seems easy enough. Even an idiot like me should be able to do it.

 

[Papa John]

some manufactures can make belt adjustment difficult-- and I have 3 machines from two manufactures that did.
I corrected the design flaw in one of them.

 

[Nomad74]

I'll be attempting the maintenance early tomorrow morning. It's 106° now and it will be 110° tomorrow.

 

[JS41035]

No. Not really. You have to loosen the pump. The pump bolts are bit of a pain. Mine got loose too around a 1000 hours. I do a lot of work at 2500 psi on high and no squeal.