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Changing a power steering belt on a 1998 Honda Civic requires loosening the adjustment pulley. Locate and loosen the pulley to create enough slack so the belt can slide off. Install the replacement.
use a ratchet to pull be on the belt tensioner to loosen slack then remove the belt
Away from the serpentine belt
that is the timing belt on that car. you can reach up between the body rail the the accesories and loosen the belt tensioning nut that sticks out of the timing cover. this will allow the springs that hold the tension on the belt tensioning pullies to pull out all the slack in the belt. loosen nut and tap the motor with a rubber hammer a few times to vibrate the system and let all the slack come out, the tighten the nut. If you have a lot of slack, you need to do a timing/balance shaft belt and water pump job.
The pulley bellow the alternator is the tensioner. Rotate it with a 15mm to loosen belt.
You have to find the alternator then look at where it is connected to the motor there will be a slide mechanism that you will have to loosen which will release the slack on the belt so you can get it off.
i have the four cylinder. the ac belt has a tensioner. in the center of the tensioner is a bolt/nut. loosen it slightly. under the tensioner looking toward the ground is a bolt head. turning it adjust the pulley. loosen this to put slack in the belt and remove the belt. put a new one on it and remove the slack with the one bolt then tighten the one in the center of the tensioner. be careful not to over tighten
CHANGING ALTENATOR BELT: 1. loosen compressor bolts push towards engine to remove compressor belt 2. loosen power steering bolts and push pump towards engine to get slack to remove belt. 3. loosen altenator bolts pus it towards motor to get slack and remove belt. 4. put new belt on push altenator away from motor to tighten slack in belt and tighten bolts 5. push power steering pump away from motor to tighten belt and tighten bolts 6. push compressor away from motor to tighten belt and tighten bolts. REMOVE FAN BELT: Do steps 1,2,5 and 6 REMOVE COMPRESSOR BELT: Do steps 1and 6
The power steering pump has two adjuster bolts. Loosen the top bolt, and then the bolt underneath the pump (facing from passenger side) to give the belt some slack. The alternator has two adjuster bolts and one bolt to hold the bracket to the alternator. Loosen the bottom bolt (next to the belt), then loosen the top adjuster bolt. You should then be able to move the alternator towards the motor to slack the belt.
What kind of car? On an older car you just loosen the alternator and pull it until the belt is tight and then tighten the bolts back. On newer cars, there is a tensioner that pulls the slack out of the belt.
The 350 Chevy does not have a belt, it has a chain. Slack in the chain is normal as long as it is not excessive. A better determining factor on when to replace the chain, is the condition of the gears and if the chain is noisy.
Your belt may be to tight, with the engine turned off push down on the belt, you should have about an inch or so slack. If there is no slack, loosen the adjustment bolt on the idler pully a couple turns, tap the adjustment pully until you get a small amount of slack re-tighten the pully. If you have a lot of slack this means your belt is to loose and this may cause the belt to squeek. If this the case, loosen the adjustment bolt on the idler pully, use a pry bar to apply pressure on the pully taking the excess slack from the belt, re-tighten the pully . If the slack in the belt seems appropriate; try this BE VERY CAREFULL!! Start the engine, with the engine running take a bar of soap hold it to each side of the belt. I've seem some old timers stop belts from squeeking with the soap trick. Good Luck