Many thanks Wolfie - just what I was looking for. I've found 3 other videos on this job, all involve taking the body off or drilling holes in it, removing the drive units fans/pulleys etc - which just looked like a nonsense to me. So you just take the belt shield off! That makes more sense! Anyway, I'll be doing the job tomorrow, so I'll see how I go - I'm feeling a great deal more confident now after watching this and pulling the deck off it for a quick look see tonight.
Good job man. I watched a couple videos where they talk about disassembling half the machine to replace that belt. I love how they start out their video with "this is my first time...". Then continue to send others down the wrong path. Me, I am going to disassemble half my machine anyway, because I have some rust to deal with. But that's a different story.
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OK, I take (some) of it back! On some, mine included, the belt guard is attached by bolts underneath the drive fans/pulleys! So there really doesn't seem to be any alternative but to lift the body to get a windy gun in there and remove them. (You might get a spanner in to undo the guard bolts, but you'd be working blind and it would be even worse trying to get them back in again. I didn't fancy it) The parts diagram I looked at did show this arrangement in fact. Not hard to do, I think I counted 11 bolts to remove and I could then lift the main body plastic 8 inches or so at the back, which seems plenty, and I didn't have to disconnect anything but the body and seat. The rest of it seems identical, so this is still a good video to watch beforehand. Mines an i1050 by the way, looks much like yours, I don't know the year I'm afraid.
