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serpentine belt change

te_rarawa

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hi guys, how hard is it to change the serpentine belt? mine is squealing like crazy, sounds like a big blower under the hood.
need help asap plz
 

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easy as you just need to remember how the belt goes around the pulleys so it pays to draw a picture of it, all you need is a spanner or somethiing which goes on the tensioner pulley bolt then get some leverage to turn it anticlockwise and the belt should get loose and you can pull it off.
 

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turn it anticlockwise and the belt should get loose and you can pull it off.

To OP, make sure you make a note of this, the tensioner bolt has a reverse thread. Turn it the wrong way to hard, you will snap the bolt.
 

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so which bolt is the tensioner bolt? i shud get a service manual book
 

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found this for ya
 

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i know the 1 mate. cheers for ya help, will b back if i have trouble
 

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Quick tip ! I always keep a map of the belt set up,in my wallet. You could be stuck anywhere, if your belt goes. A spare belt isn't any good if you can't put in on. Cheers !
 

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A 'blower' type noise may be a faulty pully bearing rather than the belt itself.
 

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A 'blower' type noise may be a faulty pully bearing rather than the belt itself.

This is true, I had the same issue. Although I was more worried about engine bearings. Commodores usually don't grow blowers on them overnight unfortunately :(

All my idler pulleys were screwed. Fixed the noise.
 
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