AC serpentine Belt??
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From: Royal Oak MI
AC serpentine Belt??
Sorry if this has been covered before, but I searched and didn't find anything.
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but does anyone have any tips for changing the AC serpentine drive belt on a C5?
The hard AC lines run right on top of the tensioner, so you can't get a long extension on it, and a wrench hits the balancer pulley before the tensioner is loose enough.
Any hints?
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but does anyone have any tips for changing the AC serpentine drive belt on a C5?
The hard AC lines run right on top of the tensioner, so you can't get a long extension on it, and a wrench hits the balancer pulley before the tensioner is loose enough.
Any hints?
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YES!!!!, i've swapped motors in these cars, and I can say that belt kicked my azz 2 weeks ago, i usually deal w/ M6/12 cars and had an A4 in the shop, i removed the belt no problem, spent/wasted 20 minutes trying to get it back on, finally moved the car onto the lift and it was a 30 second job
btw, it's the trans cooler lines that run DIRECTLY in front of the a/c tensioner
btw, it's the trans cooler lines that run DIRECTLY in front of the a/c tensioner
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I justed changed mine for the second time and this time I used a wrench to loosen the tensioner and while holding it I reached down and slipped the belt off the idler pully which is just above tensioner. After backing off on tensioner, I pulled the wrench out of the way and there was enough slack in the belt to slip it on off.
This time I put on a Goodyear Gatorback belt because the other new belt did not solve my squeaks.
This time I put on a Goodyear Gatorback belt because the other new belt did not solve my squeaks.
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hmmm..I did mine when I did the main belt from the top..no problems...both belts swapped in under 30 minutes...
