Ancillary belt M9R (Qashqai) — NISSAN
Ancillary belt M9R (Qashqai) on Nissan: 14 steps, engines M9R-832, M9R-700(A7), M9R-720(F7), M9R-721(B7).
Workshop procedure for NISSAN — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 2.0, DCI
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin
- Renewed: tensioner
Don't miss
- The ancillary drive belt can only be fitted once. When removal is required, always fit a new belt
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Note: The ancillary drive belt can only be fitted once. When removal is required, always fit a new belt
- Disconnect the battery earth cable
- Disconnect the positive battery cable
- Raise the vehicle
- Remove the engine lower cover
- Remove the front right wheel
- Remove the right-hand inner wing splash guard
- Remove the reinforcement plate on the lower cross member
Installation and checks
- Turn the tensioner pulley clockwise until the locking pin fits
- Use a wrench
- Refit all other parts in the reverse order of removal
- Renew the idler pulley
- Renew the tensioner
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.