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Loosen the tensioner pulley on your 2001 Chevy Impala. The serpentine belt will become loose. Take the old belt off and put the new belt on. Tighten the new serpentine belt with the tensioner pulley.
The belt is slipping.
The power steering unit and the alternator are both driven by the serpentine belt. Loosen the tensioner pulley and the serpentine belt will become loose. Put the new serpentine belt on and tighten the tensioner pulley.
To remove that pulley with out damaging the pump or the pulley you need a power steering pulley puller. This tool will also install the pulley. Your local auto parts store can rent or sell you that puller.
Yes, you can expect a car that has a serpentine belt to lose power steering when the belt breaks because the belt goes around the power steering pump's pulley.
The main pulley on which the serpentine belt goes on in a 1997 Chevy Lumina LTZ is the crankshaft pulley. The crankshaft pulley plays a role in the wheels turning and powering the alternator and power steering pump.
it is the topmost pulley on the serpentine belt, to the left of the engine bay
You have to use the same belt and install a dummy pulley kit in place of the ac compressor.
Assuming you have a 91 to 02 LX with AC, power steering and alternator the belt starting with the tensioner on top then it goes clockwise to the alternator, power steering, idler pulley, A/C, crankshaft pulley---------back to the tensioner.
take the serpentine belt off and then take the crank pulley off the balancer and then you will need a puller to get the balancer off the crank.
Take the serpentine belt off and then take the crankshaft pulley off and you will need a puller to get the balancer off the crank.
You can change the serpentine belt by loosening the tensioner pulley. When the tensioner pulley is loose and the serpentine belt will become loose. Put the new serpentine belt on and tighten the tensioner pulley.