serpentine belt replacement

Stanged78 · May 13, 2006

My serpentine belt is cracked in multiple places and it's time for me to replace it. I have never done this before, though, so how do I do it? I know I have to release tension on the belt first via the belt tensioner, but how exactly is this done? I thought I would take a couple of digital pictures of the original belt route so that I can duplicate it while putting the new belt on. Any other advice? What tools do I need?

Kilgore Trout · May 13, 2006

You need a long handle 3/8" drive breaker bar. This fits into a 3/8" square hole in the tensioner and allows you to relieve the tension with one finger

Get a Goodyear Gator Belt, keep the old belt in with the spare, inspect your idler pullies while you have the belt off. New idler pullies are $14 at AutoZone if yours do not spin free and true and need replaced.

http://www.bullittarchive.com/1004.htm

Black Stang 97 · May 13, 2006

McTeague said:
You need a long handle 3/8" drive breaker bar. This fits into a 3/8" square hole in the tensioner and allows you to relieve the tension with one finger

Get a Goodyear Gator Belt, keep the old belt in with the spare, inspect your idler pullies while you have the belt off. New idler pullies are $14 at AutoZone if yours do not spin free and true and need replaced.

http://www.bullittarchive.com/1004.htm

+1

Stanged78 · May 13, 2006

How about torque specs on the tensioner when I tighten it? Anthing else i need to know?

Kilgore Trout · May 13, 2006

The tensioner is spring loaded and just moves left and right.

mity2 · May 13, 2006

Stanged78 said:
How about torque specs on the tensioner when I tighten it? Anthing else i need to know?

I think i was told something like 20ft-lb. i think thats why i bought inch-lb torque wrench, because it was some small amount, that my big Tq wrench wouldn't go down low enough. but please check that number. Its not that much at all

DTNODYA · May 13, 2006

You shouldn't tighten anything ....

Stanged78 · May 13, 2006

Never mind, I changed the belt this afternoon in about 7 minutes. It was way easier than I thought it was! I thought I would have to remove the tensioner, but you're right. It's just spring loaded and it moved out of the way pretty easily. I don't have a breaker bar, so I just used a short 3/8" drive socket wrench. It worked just fine.

Mustang5L5 · May 13, 2006

Damn i'm too late, i really wanted to post this.

Oh well it will help someone out if they do a search later.

DerekStangGT · May 13, 2006

Mustang5L5 said:
Damn i'm too late, i really wanted to post this.

Oh well it will help someone out if they do a search later.

after a constant barrage of "which gears" and "what exhaust sounds best" threads, youre still under the impression that people actually use the search function?

DTNODYA · May 14, 2006

DerekStangGT said:
after a constant barrage of "which gears" and "what exhaust sounds best" threads, youre still under the impression that people actually use the search function?

Ya know, I always wondered why people didn't just search and find a thread that may be 3 years old but relates to the topic they want to discuss .. and just bump the thread. All these threads like you mentioned make the search function damn near useless, unless you want to read a whole lot of nothin' for hours. If there were just a couple threads for any given topic, "super hijacked" so to speak, it would make searching much easier. My pennies.

Mustang5L5 · May 14, 2006

I use the search function all the time

DerekStangGT · May 15, 2006

Mustang5L5 said:
I use the search function all the time

correction:us guys who have been here for a while use the search function. new members do not

stangsnharleys · Feb 25, 2007

Mustang5L5 said:
Damn i'm too late, i really wanted to post this.

Oh well it will help someone out if they do a search later.

Your not to late!

You just saved the day!

Looked all over the net for a print and just joined this forum. I hit a water puddle the other day and the belt came off my 01 GT. The belt was not hurt just sliped off. Has any one heard of this before?

Nice to be a new member.:SNSign:

Mustang5L5 · Feb 25, 2007

Haha, see! I knew someone would do search one day and find this thread!

CRZYHRSGT · Feb 25, 2007

Mustang5L5 said:
Haha, see! I knew someone would do search one day and find this thread!

Ahh, but he said that he searched the whole net and found this one which tells me that Google is being used to find old threads more than the in-house search function.

With that being said...glad ya found us Stangsnharleys and welcome to :SNSign:

PULMEOVR · Feb 26, 2007

5L5, if it makes you feel any better, I saved that picture you posted for the future when my belt cracks and I have to replace it.

Also, I use the search function all the time as well. Must be a "senior member" thing.

SMRcalidiv · Feb 28, 2007

How hard is it to change the idler pulley? directions?

Superhereaux · Mar 1, 2007

SMRcalidiv said:
How hard is it to change the idler pulley? directions?

can you remove a bolt?

if so you're set

EDGE Motorsport · Mar 1, 2007

Superhereaux said:
can you remove a bolt?

if so you're set

he's right too.....

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