Every 35-45k miles to be safe.
the easyiest way to change it would be to buy the belt then take it to the ford dealer ship and have them put it on
yes,a good parts man will give you a belt to bypass your ac.
no adjusting bolt u have a serpentine belt.that has a tension pulley that automatically adjusts if belt is loose, u need to replace belt
Remove serpentine belt. Remove pulley. Install new pulley. Install serpentine belt.
The squealing a scraping is most likely the idle pulley. i would replace that and the belt then see what happens
How do I replace the block heater in my 1998 F150 4.6L?
I need to change out the alternator on my 2001 f150 supercrew. how do I do it?
Disconnect both battery terminals. loosen the alt. bolts, remove the drive belt. then remove the bolts holding thr alt.
first you should release the belt tension pully and remove the belt. Then the idler pully has a bolt through the center remove the bolt and the pully should come off.
the belt tensioner does it by itself.short answer no
you can go to your local library and ask to look at a repair manual for you vehicle, in that manual you will find a diagram
The squeal you speak of is belt related, yes; but it is not the belt. There is a belt tensioner ( the part you had to pull up to remove and replace the belt). Inside this tensioner, the bearing goes bad causing the squealing sound you describe. Replace the tensioner (pulley or assembly) and the noise will go away.