How hard is it to replace the belts ?
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Lake Elsinore, CA
Re: How hard is it to replace the belts ? (Oldvetter)
It's actually pretty easy becasue all you have to do is relieve the spring tension on the idler with a socket wrench and slip the old belt off and new on. Make sure you look at the routing on the belts so you put the new ones in correctly without having to dig through the manual because you didn't check first.
It'd be a good idea to clean the pulleys well to prevent noise in the future.
It'd be a good idea to clean the pulleys well to prevent noise in the future.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: DFW tx
Re: How hard is it to replace the belts ? (Oldvetter)
Replacing the belts is cake. Shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes. I would inspect the tensioner and idler pulleys while you are at it, when I did my H/C swap, one of the pulleys was cracked so I had to replace it.
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2000
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From: Redwood City Ca
Re: How hard is it to replace the belts ? (Jeff Jeff)
I just replaced mine about 30 minutes ago. Pretty easy, but I would draw a diagram of how the serpentine goes around the various pulleys. By the way, my belt squeaking was fixed by putting on a new serpentine belt. :yesnod:
Drifting
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From: Life is all about power and control
Re: How hard is it to replace the belts ? (Dope)
Or you can just look at the sticker in the engine bay that shows the belt routing ;)
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