You'll have to loosen the alternator to get the belt off, unless you have a tensioner pulley in the sequence of the serpentine. yes it removes the tension to make it easier just did it last weekend.
You need to losten the screws on the alternator to losen the belt, then you can take it off, and replace it.
on the alternator on top is a bolt losen that bolt and it will allow you to move alternator causing belt to losin
Disconnect battery a battery terminal Losen the Alternator bolt which is located on the up/down bracket. Once losen, you can adjust the tightness/slackness of the belt. Hope this helps, james
There is a spring loaded tensioner that holds the tension on the belt. Get a wrench that fits the nut on the tensioner and apply alot of clockwise pressure that will losen the tensioner and allow the belt to go on and off.
1 Remove Serpentine belt, 2 Losen alternator top bolt then raise vehicle 3 Remove Radiator mount access panel (passenger side) Creates a hole for alternator removal, 4 Losen all bottom bolts for alternator 5 remove top bolt, then botom bolts 6 Disconect all conections 7 Rotate and extract alternator from engine bay.
There should be a small square hole near the tensioner pully. A 3/8 socket driver will fit in the hole and then you can losen the tensioner.
i need to know what bolts to losen so i can change water pump belt on 1988 Nissan patherfinder
there is a pully that moves to losen the belt, to find mine, I pulled on the belt to see what moved, then used a wrench(i don't remember the size right off hand) as leverage to losen the belt and pull it off. all in all, it's a 5 minute job, cuz they routed the belt over the top of the fan shroud.
Replacing the serpentine belt on both V6 & V8 rear drive engine are fairly easy than front wheel drive. The belt is located just between the front of the engine and the radiator. You have plenty of clearance to work. Just need to losen the tension and the belt should come out. Putting the new one is the reverse process.
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