Need to change my alt belt to pass insp.

[Stanley Rockefeller]

probably just gonna change all 3 while I'm in there. Is this a pretty easy task? should I do it from the bottom or from the top?

thanks for the replies

[HarryPotter]

I will tell you one thing, the A/c belt that will be given to you from the autoparts store will be so fckng tight it's not even plausible how you would fit it back on.

It is overall very easy, remove your airbox, adjust the brackets on all of the accessories, and its pretty self explanatory from there. You can tackle this easily from the top of the car.

[SpecM]

they care about the alt belt?

in NC only the p/s belt has to be in good shape

[Adrian_Visser]

Make sure you loosen the locking nut before you turn the larger adjusting nut with the serated teeth. It's very easy to strip out those teeth even if you release all the pressure so be careful with it, that is my advice.

[F34R]

I do mine from the bottom But really, I do.

I found it is easy to use a flat head or a butter knife to slide the belt back on.

[Stanley Rockefeller]

Attempted the belt change today as wella s replacing my rear pads and rotors. Rear brakes went flawlessly with the locating screws coming out easily! the caliper bolts were relatively easy to remove too.

Downside came when I removed the belts, the AC belt was the easiest to remove and put back on! the PS belt was really hard to tighten up, I think I stripped the adj. bar for both the Alt and PS pulley...the adj nuts were fine. Consideirng the low price to replace them I may as well get it done sooner than later.

thanks again for the help!

[nrubenstein]

In the future, just pull the PS pump down to tension it. IMHO, there is too much risk of stripping the teeth on them. Especially when they are older.