How do you change the surpentine belt on a 92 grand am?

Answer 1

To remove the serpentine belt first make sure you have a belt configuration diagram for the install. It's usually located somewhere in the engine compartment but if not draw it up yourself. The belt tensioner must be backed off, the tensioner is the small wheel below the Power Steering pump. Release tension do by putting a wrench on the nut of the tensioner wheel and push on the wrench as if to undo the nut, the nut is reverse thread and will not undo. It will take significant force to get the tensioner to move, use the closed end of the wrench on the nut and I put a second wrench on the open end to get enough leverage. Pull the belt off the alternator when there is slack and slowly allow tensioner to move back. To remove the belt completely you have to split the two piece motor mount located near the passenger side fender, try to remove the belt and you will quickly figure out where the two piece motor mount is. The motor must be supported before the mount is split, do this by removing the two upper motor mount bolts located on the passenger side wheel well close to the fender, place a hydraulic jack under the passenger side frame of the car and lift it high enough to get a jack stand under the motor mount located at the bottom of the engine and begin to lower the car. Or if you have a good jack that won't slowly lower just jack the engine up. Watch the mount that you just undid, you