serpentine belt install
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serpentine belt install
I'm installing a new belt, and the belt tensioner is a bitch! Not like the gas motors I used to have. What is the easiest way to slide the belt on??
thanks, Steve
thanks, Steve
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i always put the belt on the pulley with the belt tensioner and leave it off of the next closest pulley. if you try putting the belt on all of the other pulleys first, it can make it almost impossible to get your socket on the tensioner. but thats the same whether its a gas or diesel.
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Thanks for the quick response. I actually got it to slide right on. I put the belt around all pullys except the idler pully, pulled up on the belt tensioner, and then slid it under the idler pully.
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i guess its a personal preference, because we prefer to do it the opposite way and still get the same results lol. ive just always ran into the problem of having the belt end up right in front of the tensioner bolt if i save the idler pulley for last.
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