A typical serpentine belt start at around $25 and goes up to $75 at most. If you know some car repair basics, you could change the belt yourself, and it may save you paying labor charges somewhere between $75 and $120. All together, you’re looking at around $100 to $195 to replace your serpentine belt. It shouldn’t take more than an hourQuick video on how to adjust a mechanical belt tensioner perfectly everytime. No special tools needed - just a old school trick. Remove front right tire. Remove 4 plastic fasteners holding the splash guard (approx. 12"x 16") near the bottom front of the wheel well. Remove the splash guard. Route the belt around all pulleys by working through the wheel well and from the top of the motor. Gather up all the excess slack near the tensioner.
1/2 inch socket, put the socket on the bolt on the tensioner, pull down on it, the tensioner moves down and the belt loosens. put the new belt on the same way. wicked easy. Dont Mess with Techno Viking.
Insert the 3/8 inch drive ratchet into the tensioner. Turn the tensioner clockwise to loosen the belt. Pull the belt off the alternator. Release the tensioner. Pull the belt off by hand. step 2 :Reinstalling the Serpentine Belt. 1:42. Familiarize yourself with the route of the serpentine belt. Stretch the belt by hand.
8. Wrap the Serpentine Belt Over the Tensioner Pulley. Again standing on the driver side, put the slack belt loop next to the tensioner pulley, put the box end of your 15mm wrench on the pulley nut and pull it toward you, then slip the belt over the tensioner pulley, and release the wrench so the tension takes up any remaining slack in the belt. Buy Now!New Serpentine Belt Tensioner from 1AAuto.com http://1aau.to/ib/1AEBT00196This video shows you how to install a new TRQ tensioner pulley in your 2006step 1 :Removing the Serpentine Belt. 0:54. Insert the 3/8 inch drive ratchet into the tensioner. Turn the tensioner clockwise to loosen the belt. Pull the belt off by hand. Release the tensioner. step 2 :Removing the Belt Tensioner. 2:23. Remove the 15mm bolt from the tensioner.
Remove the push pin retainer from the driver side corner of the fan shroud. Loosen the radiator fan clutch using a fan clutch tool. The fan clutch is reverse threaded. Remove the fan and fan shroud. step 2 :Removing the Serpentine Belt. 4:24. Turn the AC belt tensioner clockwise with a 16 mm socket. Remove the AC belt. wxwOM5.