Serpentine replacement

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Jamomac

Jamomac

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So I snapped my serpetine belt on the highway the other day. Replaced it this morning (45 bucks from baxters) and it's squeaking pretty loud. Is this something that will go away as the belt stretches out, should i put grease on it or anything? Any tips would be appreciated
 
Sounds like you might have an idler pulley issue....take the belt back off and check the idler pulleys to be sure they're OK. Ditto for the alternator, water pump and power steering pulleys. A new belt shouldn't be squeaking nor need lube.
 
Look at the belt tensioner. There's a scale on the backing plate. The new belt should show the arrow between the two arrows on the left side of the scale. At least this confirms that you have the correct belt and the tensioner is in the right range.
 
Belts squeak because something is not ligned up right\, or because the tension is too tight.

In your case, I suspect one of the pulleys is not ligned up correctly. That's probably why the old belt broke in the first place !!

Take the new belt off and make sure that there's no play in the pulleys and that the pulleys are parallel with each other. Fix anything that is out of spec, idler pulleys, power steering pump, etc.

Then put the new belt back on, don't put too much tension on the belt. Use the belt tensioner scale...
Don't use grease or belt dressing.
 
Going to do that this week - I read a write on up here - But how technical is it? i know you have to remove some stuff to get at it, but nothing serious. Any insight would be bueno
 
Alternator, power steering pump and the PS cam/timing belt cover need to be loosened...other than that its pretty much unbolt, remove, install and rebolt. Remove the MAS assembly and the front skid plate to get better access.
 
spressomon said:
Alternator, power steering pump and the PS cam/timing belt cover need to be loosened...other than that its pretty much unbolt, remove, install and rebolt. Remove the MAS assembly and the front skid plate to get better access.
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...personally, I'd also add fan, fan shroud, and fan clutch to give ya more elbow room, to Dan's list.
 
Nope; the plastic cam/timing belt cover is basically a dust shield...no fluids to worry about (unless your cam shaft seals are toast...but that would be rare and you'd probably already see the tell tale signs of failure ;)). Per beno you'll have more elbow room sans fan and shroud in the way...but its not that bad, really, without removing the fan and shroud...
 
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