Ancillary belt H4J (Megane3) — RENAULT
Ancillary belt H4J (Megane3) on Renault: 13 steps, engines H4J-700(A7). What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for RENAULT — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
- 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
📐 27 workshop diagrams for H4J-700(A7)
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 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
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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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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