Belt Help!
Hotshot
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Middle Tn.
It's been a few years back but seems that I read, unless your pumping big power, racing, o-ringed heads are not the way to go with the 6.0. Wish I had saved the article for you.
Postmaster
Joined: Sep 2016
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From: Texas
I have 175/30s, Powermax quite a few engine upgrades and I really don’t feel like dealing with blown head gaskets again so studs and o-rings it is.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Aug 2019
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From: Miami, FL
Alternator is last. Look at SmackDaady's photo. The 1/2" breaker bar fits into the tensioner pulley arm on the right and then rotate clockwise to remove presurre from the tensioner. There is a spring loaded clip below the leftmost pulley of the tensioner that holds the rotated tensioner in place,Then put the belt on alternator and ease back the breaker bar, the clip will spring back in place and you are done.
Tuned
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Double Oak, TX
I've never had any luck in getting a pry bar/tool into the 1/2" hole on the tensioner. I also have not had any luck pulling the belt so I can trip the lever on the tensioner. I have had multiple successes in using two large philips head screwdrivers placed in two holes in the base of the alternator with the belt loosely on and then putting the ends in the mounting and rotating the alternator up. Somewhere on this site is a better description and I believe a photo of how to do it.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jul 2014
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From: Houston, Texas
I've done it that way too, but using a breaker bar is easier, IMHO. Not sure how you could get a pry bar in there though. If you still have the fan shroud/diffuser installed, it's a little tight but a short extension makes it work. I have had problems pulling the belt. It seems to go only so far and not enough, but just pull harder. It's not even so much that you notice it move any more, but it will, just enough to get the kickstand in place. You can feel the difference a little better when you pull again to let the kickstand drop away.
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From: Jersey Shore
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Cargo Master
Joined: Nov 2015
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From: Fort Worth, TX
Same goes for Jack's build. I'm specifically thinking about all the info in the "South Houston Engine Heads???" thread and these pics here. If it's all in your build thread already then nevermind, Jack. It's been a while since I've been there as I don't get email updates for some reason.
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From: Jersey Shore
I get it, I've thought of that issue too. The problem for me is I step away from this "project" for months at a time. And even with that my videos are way, way behind what I actually do, so they don't match up either. But if someone is doing something and I think something may be pertinent, I drop that something in. I think I'm just going to post the videos on YT and not here, I've got videos here slashed all over the place with little of a story, and most people want to follow a story in a shorter timeframe in a single thread. Some of these treads get discussions, and others get no response.