They can be found at the front of any internal combustion engine. In the automotive world of today, that would be a serpentine belt that turns every pulley on the engine. They can also be found on sewing machines, electric pumps, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems.
Really, they may be found on any mechanical system that must convert spinning motion to lateral motion, or any machine that is shaft, belt, or chain driven.
I found the instructions in a Chiltons #26242 book on Ford Escort/Tracer. I found it easier to remove the alternator as there is a idler pulley hidden beneath it that is a real bugger to get the belt around. Once I solved this problem everything else was easy. The tension pulley that Ford installed really helped as you don't have to adjust the belt.
If you have a serpentine belt, there is no real way to do bypass it. The AC must be part of the route because it keeps the tension on the alternator. There is a bracket with a pulley that jeeps w/o AC had and if your AC doesn't work, try putting a bracket and pulley in.
This is real easy on the 3.8 L engine Whether its front wheel drive or rear wheel drive all you have to do is locate your idler pulley and use a wrench that is the size of the nut on the idler pulley and move the idler pulley just enough to pull the belt off. Be careful to release the tention on the idler pulley slow it is under spring pressure. Use schematic under hood to put on new belt. This will take about 5 minutes to complete. Hope this helps.
I have a 98 Nissan SX that should be real similar. You have to first take the other belt off by loosening the top reae pulley and letting it slide down to release tension on that belt. The tensioning belt is on the firewall side. Once that belt is out of the way you can start on the alternator belt. Loosen the center bolt on the tensioner pulley, located high between the alternator and the crank. Then you should find the tightening bolt in front, below the alternator. I believe it's a long 5/16 bolt sitting at about a 45 degree angle. Back that off to let the pulley go up and release the tension on the belt. Then it should slip off and the new one should slip back in place. Then just retighten everything. Hint - to get to the pulley center bolt you will probably need to pull the passenger wheel and plastic splash guard.
Ok, you didnt specify which engine, but it really doesnt matter which engine or even which type of vehicle (to a point anyway). But generally this is a real simple job..ten minutes tops. 1. Locate the belt routing diagram under the hood in the engine compartment, if its not there, draw your own based on how your old belt routes. 2. Locate the belt tensioner pulley...on mine it has a 15mm bolt on it (damn metrics!). 3. Put the 15mm (or whatever size your bolt is) socket onto a breaker bar or a long ratchet , then put it onto the belt tensioner pulley bolt. 4.Push the pulley (in the direction as though you were trying to tighten the bolt)..this will move the whole spring loaded tensioner pulley assembly, so that belt gets very very loose). 5. HOLD the tensioner pulley in that position as you REMOVE the old belt (the longer the ratchet the easier this is as it gives you leverage, requiring less physical strength to hold the tensioner pulley in position) 6. Slip the new serpentine over all the pulleys saving the last pulley to be any smooth bore, non-ridged pulley (like the water pump pulley)...this will make the job...oh so easy... you will call your 10 year old daughter/sister out to do it for you next time! 7. take the pressure off the belt tensioner pulley and the belt should go tight (make sure the pulley is centered on EVERY pulley and follows the proper routing. WAH-LAH your done...Its that simple. I would rather change 10 serpentine belts than wash one cup or fold one shirt...its that easy.
Is dis belt real or fake.
The fan belt drives the fan, water pump, alternator, power steering, air conditioner and air pump... if the vehicle has all of these. The fan belt (often a serpentine belt) can slip without any real problem other than a little noise. The cam belt (timing belt) looks quite different and only drives the camshaft. The timing belt is designed to keep the camshaft and crankshaft in perfect synchronization. The timing belt has "lugs", or specially designed bumps in the belt that align with slots in the crankshaft pulley and the camshaft pulley. To protect the timing belt from grease, mud and other hazards, the timing belt is usually behind a fairly significant protective cover.
Below and toward the center of the engine from the power steering pump is an idler pulley. Loosen the 15 mm bolt in that pully, but do not remove it. Then, just to the right and below (as viewed from in front of the engine) the water temperature sensor is another 15mm bolt. This is the tensioner bolt. Loosen it all the way, the new belt will not have streched yet and will not fit over the pulley if you don't. Reverse the proceedure to install, if you forget to tighten the pulley when you are done you will be doing it again real soon. Find the idler pulley tensioner and remove tension from the belt. It will then come right off.
Hey Shelly==Pull up on the belt and you will see that there is a tensioner pulley that is spring loaded and holds tension on the belt. Pry the tensioner to release the tension on the belt then remove the belt and instll the new one. There should be a schematic for the routing for the belt on the fan shroud. If it isn't there draw a schmatic before you remove the belt. Don't rely on memory. This is not as easy as it sounds but not real difficult. GoodluckJoe
I'm not real sure i understand the question.the question alludes to a "drive" (as in transaxle) mechanism requiring a "drive" belt. Referring to serpentine "drive" (pulley) belts for alternator, power steering and water pump:most cases require you to loosen the alternator adjusting (tightening) bolt and/or the power steering pump adjusting bolts. I had to replace a broken alternator belt a few weeks ago in 15* weather (outside). I had to use a "push" tool to force the beltbetween the pulley on the alt. And the other pulleys to get over the crank pulley.
Usually if you have trouble finding the ten. pulley on these types of motors. You can tug on the belt real hard and look for a pulley that is moving. That's your ten. And very true about launching the wrench!!! generaly these cars have a tensioner pulley... to loosen the belt, find the tensioner pulley, and loosen the bolt that keeps it from moving up and down.(could be on the block, but look around...) use a box end wrench on the bolt or nut head in the middle of the pulley... you will need to find the best starting position for the wrench as you will need to move the pulley and pull the belt off at the same time. the pulley will have spring tension on it so be careful not to launch your wrench when you let go! good luck Some of the problem may be that the '93 is made by GMC not Chevy (weird). But, the tensioner pully is typically located at the top of the belt assembly. It is a smooth pully that has the word "load" and an arrow showing which way to turn the bolt. It will hacve a bolt in the center and can be loosened with a 15mm socket. Once it is loose, rotate the tensioner pully until the belt can be taken off or put on. Push the pully back in to the vertical position with the belt in place, then retighten your bolt
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