serpentine belt change

[te_rarawa]

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

[axemurderer101]

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.

[_R_J_K_]

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.

[te_rarawa]

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

[axemurderer101]

found this for ya

[te_rarawa]

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

[kennybear]

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 !

[nathanVY]

Took me ages of stuffing around that's just because I'm a twat though lol.

[RX25SE]

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

[nathanVY]

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.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

I'm sure he would have sorted it after 7 months.....

[RX25SE]

I'm sure he would have sorted it after 7 months.....

Dayum...I missed that.

[nathanVY]

LOL. Didn't realise the epic thread dig hahaah

[VS dream]

im gonna dig this back up instead of posting ANOTHER thread haha

im changing my belt right now, and i cant figure which pulley to twist? also how much are new pulleys and how hard are they to install?
cheers

[cander24]

Look at the pic posted above with the blue spanner on it. The hex size is 15mm. Turn it anti-clockwise to loosen the tentioner. Note this action is not attempting to remove the bolt, but rather rotate down the pulley and tensioner arm to loosen it.
Pullies vary from place to place but expect approx $15 each. Just a matter of removing the centre bolt and removing and replacing the pulley. Note the tensioner pulley is LEFT-HAND thread and therefore turning clockwise will loosen this thread.
If you do replace them, take care with the lower idler pulley as it is not uncommon for the alloy housing to break off the end often due to previous over-tightening of this bolt.
Cheers

[VS dream]

yeah thats what i was after i was turning and it just felt like oh god its gonna snap haha, then realised what was going on with it.

and thanks very much about the pulleys too, if the noise comes back ill replace them