tt82, thank you for your excellent guide to the belt changes. I recently had all belts done by a well known Volvo independent who was adamant that the auxiliary belt tensioner did not require changing. I obviously felt very uneasy about this so rather than leave the car with him for another day with the associated faffing around with public transport decide to do it myself using your guide.
The following points were noted:
1. As you say impossible to get a torx socket to the centre bolt so I used a L torx lever as you suggested. this worked well
2. No need to remove the under tray or in this case the AC stretch belt as I was not changing it.
3. Impossible to refit the auxiliary drive belt on my own. The missis was conscripted to hold the belt on the alternator pulley while I sorted out the bottom pulleys and tensioner!
4. As you say impossible to get a torque wrench in there so had to guesstimate
Thanks again for an excellent guide and photos.
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