What serpentine belt for deleted ps?

[craiggroves91]

I routed the belt to the other side of the alternator idler. But that's just me.

6pk1400?

[!kid]

hear is a picture of the m52b28 tensioner. I marked the indecators blue and red. when the belt is installed, blue needs to be in the middle of the two reds. no matter what routing you choose, these indicators need to be aligned properly.

[craiggroves91]

hear is a picture of the m52b28 tensioner. I marked the indecators blue and red. when the belt is installed, blue needs to be in the middle of the two reds. no matter what routing you choose, these indicators need to be aligned properly.

Interesting I didn't know this even existed. Where are these markings exactly? On the hydraulic tensioner?

[!kid]

Interesting I didn't know this even existed. Where are these markings exactly? On the hydraulic tensioner?

They are on the mechanical tensioner. I can take another picure if it installed on the engine if you like?

[dball4]

They are on the mechanical tensioner. I can take another picure if it installed on the engine if you like?

That would be of benefit.

[!kid]

I painted the marks as I did in the other picture. You can see its right where it needs to be.


Hear I am using the screw driver, pointing in the direction of indicators.



An overview of belt layout.

[chris_rai]

The same as !Kid for me, 6pk1390 if i remember

[!kid]

I used 6pk1400, payed 21.54$ at my local O'reilly auto parts.
because Pictures speak louder than words.


My experiance with serpentine belts at work, you could install a new belt and the indicator could be in the middle, after the engine is run for a few secounds the indicator could be at or past the "loose" mark. in that case a shorter belt will be needed. my M52 in still sitting on the stand in my garage. I hope to have swapped in the next few weeks ill report back my findings when the engine is running.

[drken]

I could easily be wrong, but I felt like the PK1400 belt was just a little "loose". I admit I have not run it yet, so it may be fine. It just seems like it has a lot less tension on it than it used to. I have a PK1370 on it now, and it is a pretty tight fit, so it seems that the PK 1390 may be ideal, like someone posted just above. To be clear, this is with the power steering pump and idler removed.
I guess I'm a litttle concerned with the PK 1400 for use on track, with high RPM , and little room for possible stretch over time?
Anybody tracked with that setup yet?
Thanks,

Ken

[craiggroves91]

I painted the marks as I did in the other picture. You can see its right where it needs to be.


Hear I am using the screw driver, pointing in the direction of indicators.



An overview of belt layout.

That tensioner is non existent on my s52.
I was able to fit My idler on

[drken]

Just to try to be extra clear to anyone else ordering belts, my tensioner is not like the one posted above. Mine looks like the little shock absorber. Don't know if that would make a difference, but maybe. So, for a setup like mine-no p.s. pump, deleted idler, and hydraulic-looking tensioner, I'd suggest 6PK1370 or 1390.

Ken

[craiggroves91]

Just to try to be extra clear to anyone else ordering belts, my tensioner is not like the one posted above. Mine looks like the little shock absorber. Don't know if that would make a difference, but maybe. So, for a setup like mine-no p.s. pump, deleted idler, and hydraulic-looking tensioner, I'd suggest 6PK1370 or 1390.

Ken

Yeah my tensioner is hydraulic

[!kid]

an Image I found from google,s52


so you guys are still using #3 pulley?

[craiggroves91]

an Image I found from google,s52


so you guys are still using #3 pulley?

No, A/C and power steering delete

[tttoon]

In any case, pulley 3 is for the A/C belt which is separate from the serpentine belt. If you have A/C you need to use it to have a way of tensioning that belt, of you don't you just don't run that belt.

The only "option" is not running pulley 1 which is not a tensioner but gives the belt more grip on both the water pump and the alternator. I would definitely run it.