Serpentine Belts

locate the "tensioner" pulley, on the schematic that is under your hood, on top of the radiator. Then place a socket on the bolt head in the middle of that pulley, and with a breaker bar, pull the entire pulley towards the front of the van, releasing the tension, and letting the belt slip off easily. Repeat this procedure once you have the new belt routed around most of the pulleys properly and slip it over the tensioner pulley last. Double check belt alignment on all pulleys, make sure it is well tensioned, then start your van and let it idle about 5 to 10 seconds, shut it off, and recheck the belt alignment and tension. If all looks well, then close the hood and call it a job well done.

If the tensioner isn't working right, you replace it. Tension is determined by the tensioner and is not adjustable.

remove r-front wheel bracket 1 15mm nut 1 bolt note flat washer location under lower bracket not on outside but inside surface. then platic shield 3 10mm self tappers up inside frame rail and 1 underside lower radiator support which is tuff to get at just jam your socket in there. then 2 plastic push fasteners one under headlight in wheelwell area to cover and 1 at the back of cover that goes into k-frame this one is going to break if it does use a short sheet metal screw and washer on assembling. ther are 2 serp belts first draw a picture of routing trust me it looks like you cant forget but it may save problem later. just above ac compressor is tensioner use a 15mm box end and releive tension turn right. belt comes off compressor first. remove and go for alt belt. this one is ruff 15mm bolt bottom of alt. loosen dont remove. underhood from top 1 15mm nut top of alt. loosen only. there is a 13mmbolt adjuster not easy to see pointing from firewall to front bumper loosen and remove belt. do not over tighten this belt when installing you will be doing alt. if you do. before you put cover back start car and recheck belt adustment.

It could mean the beginning of the end for your belt or the idler pulley, have them both checked out.

There should be a sticker near the belt which has a routing diagram on it. Barring that, we'd need to know if the truck has the Cummins ISX, Volvo VE D12, or Volvo VE D16 engine in order to provide you this information.

Check the alignment of the pulleys and make sure the belt is at the right tension. One end has an adjuster on it.

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matters which belt u wanna change if its the alternator belt loosen the altenater and take of the belt watch how it comes off and put the new one on the same way after that tighten the belt back up and that's it if its the timing belt get some one who is mechanicly inclined to do it cause if u do it wrong u can damage your engine

Most cars and trucks today have what is called a serpentine belt which runs most accessories.They are very dependable and usually easy to replace. To decide if your belt needs replacing, simply look at the grooved side of the belt to see if it is cracking badly. A couple of cracks every 3 inches is normal, but if you see cracks every 1-2 inches I would recommend that you replace it. On most cars and trucks the procedure is basically the same. First off, get the correct belt by bringing your cars VIN number to the parts store(located on your cars dashboard) the parts store may need it. If there are two choices, get them both so you can complete the repair. Once you have the correct belt, take a minute to review how the belt runs across the pulleys and also check to see if your car/ truck has a underhood diagram of belt routing in case you need it. In most cases you will need a socket wrench or breaker bar with either a 3/8" and /or 1/2" head on it and possibly a short extension. Some models may require a wrench of these similar sizes.Now that you are ready to go to work, you will need to find the spring loaded tensioner which is generally located near the top of the belt path; it usually has a shinny pulley on it. Look at the tensioner and insert the tool into it and apply opposing pressure to release the belt.Now, simply install the new belt making sure it fits into the grooves on all the pulleys. Start the car to check it and you are done and you saved yourelf some money!

The drivebelt routing decal on the radiator shroud to help during drivebelt install

No, the only way would be if the belt wasn't driving the alternator causing low voltages to the electronic transmission.

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By timnig belt are you talking about the main drive belt that runs all the accessories and the water pump on the front of the engine. If this is the belt get a 15mm wrench with a long handle (24"). put this on the take up pulley on the front of the engine and pull it over to take the tension off the belt. A picture of how the belt is run is in front of the engine as you open the hood. After removing the old belt replace with the new belt using the picture as a guide. Make sure the new belt is seated on all the pullies before you start the engine.

I've got an 85 2.5 celebrity and am assuming that your 86 is similar. Most people might think this is a stupid question, but I've spend hours trying to locate all the bolts to loosen. The alternator belt is straightforward. Loosen the alternator bolt in located in the slider portion and the pivot bolt (15mm on mine). The compressor belt is straightforward. Loosen the two compressor adjustment bolts in the slider slot and the loosen the pivot bolt. This belt will be hard to remove even with the compressor fully pushed down. Take some vitamins. The worse belt by far is the power steering belt. Loosen the pivot bolt on the bottom of the power steering "canister". There are two adjustment bolts to loosen from my memory. The one that is easy to find is on the engine side of the power steering canister. The other is hard to see but is located on the pulley side between two of the pulleys. It's also hard to get a wrench on. But, you've got to find and loosen this bolt. I cringe when this belt breaks. Good Luck!!!

There should be a diagram under or on the Hood inside the engine bay to denote Belt routing.

If not then acquire a Repair Manual specific to that Vehicle.

No. On the Vauxhall Astra 1.4 engine the water. pump is driven by the cam belt. In fact the cam belt is adjusted by twisting the pump body and tightening the three retaining nuts.

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There are two types of tensioners, spring tension, and bolt adjusted tension.

spring tensioners, place the appropriate sized wrench on the nut in the middle of the pulley and turn clockwise, the wrench will give you ample leverage to pull back the arm with ease.

Bolt adjusted, you will need to locate and loosen the jam nuts on the tensioner and wrench the adjusting bolt so that the pulley moves away from the belt, once sufficient clearance is achieved the belt will slide off and the new one will go right on. refer to the owners manual for proper tension, too tight and it will break or damage the driven components, too loose and it will squeal.

Please make sure you have the belt routing diagram handy, you can usually find it on the inside of the hood, owners manual, or a repair manual either from Haynes or Chilton, available at your local auto parts store.

Most cars and trucks today have what is called a serpentine belt which runs most accessories.They are very dependable and usually easy to replace. To decide if your belt needs replacing, simply look at the grooved side of the belt to see if it is cracking badly. A couple of cracks every 3 inches is normal, but if you see cracks every 1-2 inches I would recommend that you replace it. On most cars and trucks the procedure is basically the same. First off, get the correct belt by bringing your cars VIN number to the parts store(located on your cars dashboard) the parts store may need it. If there are two choices, get them both so you can complete the repair. Once you have the correct belt, take a minute to review how the belt runs across the pulleys and also check to see if your car/ truck has a underhood diagram of belt routing in case you need it. In most cases you will need a socket wrench or breaker bar with either a 3/8" and /or 1/2" head on it and possibly a short extension. Some models may require a wrench of these similar sizes.Now that you are ready to go to work, you will need to find the spring loaded tensioner which is generally located near the top of the belt path; it usually has a shinny pulley on it. Look at the tensioner and insert the tool into it and apply opposing pressure to release the belt.Now, simply install the new belt making sure it fits into the grooves on all the pulleys. Start the car to check it and you are done and you saved yourelf some money!

Have you checked the Contour.org web page and forums? Lots of great information out there for us Contour and Mystique owners. Need to jack up car on right side. Lay down under the car and look up at the belt. use a wrench or socket on the tensioner to get slack in the belt. Pull the belt off when you get enough slack. Get your new bel on all the pulleys and pull the tensioner back up and slip the new belt on.

The first thing you have to do is to be able to bend your hands completely backwards and be able to reach under the car while your arm is in the top Yes it can be that bad I just finished mine. First disconect the air intake boot and vacuum line off the intake next draw a diagram of the pullys and how the belt wraps around each one of the pullys because vw doesn't give you a diagram under the hood, at least mine didn't have one. Then take an adjustable wrench (cresent) and on the tensioner there is a tab sticking straight up place wrench on this and pull back to releave belt tension but don't slipoff the tab. Remove belt (thats the easy part) I found if you have a helping hand it is much easyer for install. Put the belt around all the upper pullys first have your helper pull the tensioner back and slip the belt on the bottom pully last i mean the power steering pully the one on the bottom closest to the front of the car. reinstall hoses. Good Luck I did the same thing this person did,except that I took my digtal camera and took a few pictures of how the belt went on and over the pulleys then printed the pictures out and then you had the pictures to go by when putting on the new belt.