Broke Fan Belt

[SevenCorners]

Guys can you help me out on this simple problem? I broke my fan belt this afternoon about 1 mile from the house. I was plowing snow from a friends driveway. I managed to limp home after allowing the engine to cool. I had to stop once about half way to let it cool again..... a couple of minute trip turned into 20.
Anyway the old belt is gone so I have nothing to match up. Does anyone know what Gates belt I will need for my 224? Also I assume that I need to loosen the alternator. Is it the bottom bolt? Anything I should look out for while replacing the belt?

Thanks

Gavin

 

[TruChaos]

According to my parts sheet, it should be a Gates 9400.

 

[SevenCorners]

Thanks I have that number too, I just wanted to ensure it was correct. Have you replaced your yet? Is there anything "special" to look out for when doing the job or is it pretty straight forward?

 

[JohnS]

The fan blade to shroud clearance is probably tight. There should be a mounting/adjustment arm mounted to the engine that controls radiator tilt (forward-back). Loosening that up might help in moving radiator enough forward to get belt around fan blades. Make sure you set it back, or you might eat-up some of those plastic blades.