Friday, June 3, 2011

How difficult is changing a serpentine belt?

1996 Voyager, 3.0, V6, DOHC.


It hasn;t completely busted but is severely frayed and had been squealing for quite some time.|||fairly easy, release pressure on the tentioner with a breaker bar, pull the old belt off track, remove any hardware that gets in the way, re-route new belt, replace hardware, release tentioner with breaker bar and track the belt...





about 10 minutes|||its not that hard!, there should be a diagram on the radiator support, showing you which way it goes on.|||no big deal--check for the tag on the radiator core support for routing , have some patience and it can be done at home. tools are minmal. just patience.|||not hard at all look for a diagram that should be mounted somehwere under the hood mainly the radiator support and just remove the old one and reinstall the new one and then have some fun out of the old one haha|||Ok, first things first. Putting the belt on isn%26#039;t a hard task but ask yourself why the belt broke. Usually (unless it was that dry rotted) is a reason. Usually a locked up pulley, alternator, power steering pump, tensioner, idler pulley etc.. see if you can spin them all by hand. The Crank you wouldn%26#039;t be able to by hand but that shouldn%26#039;t be a issue. Anyways if all goes well then you should have a diagram under the hood right in front of the radiator. You will have to have a socket for the belt tensioner to loosen but it%26#039;s not hard. Good Luck!

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