And very true about launching the wrench!!! Release the tension, and the belt will come right off. This image has been submitted by our team. Complete removal is not necessary unless the belt needs to be replaced. Make sure to note the way you take the… you didn't say which so I assume is accessory and not timing. Take the belt off the pulley and let it hang. To replace the serpentine belt is a bit of work, but not really that hard. Push the pully back in to the vertical position with the belt in place, then retighten your bolt Does your car have one belt? Make a diagram of the belt and the pulleys.
Find this pulley, find a socket that fits nut in center, ensure you have a picture or diagram before removal first. The front engine mount must be undone. I've got my wrench on the tensioner. Rotate the idler arm assembly in a counter clock-wise direction and the tension will be released. Slide the alternator forward to gain slack on the belt. This video is brought to you by www. You can tug on the belt real hard and look for a pulley that is moving.
On my 89 there is ground wire on body in front of battery and dirty connection will activate circuit breaker in headlight switch. I unplugged old dimmer switch, plugged in new switch, set it to dim, and wired it to column so now only have dim lights but can drive at night … Most cars and trucks today have what is called a serpentine belt which runs most accessories. This will show an illustration for the proper 1993 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 serpentine belt replacement route around the engine. Otherwise, if it comes off, there is a sticker just under the hood either on the fan shroud or the radiator support that has the belt diagram. It is a 13mm bolt. I recognized one of the pictures, but when I went to this reply page, the pictures aren't present for me to relay to you I think that it was the third one. Okay, get started by finding your belt routing diagram, usually located near the radiator.
A very simple job that should take no more than 5 minutes to do. Hi, I'm Mike Green from 1A Auto. The idler pulley is in the middle of all the pulleys on the belt. I actually have the wrench on the opposite end of the bolt. A bigger picture would be a big help. In this video, we are going to show to how to replace a serpentine belt tensioner and an idler pulley on a Vortec 5700 equipped 99 Suburban. Hint use rubber bands to keep the belt on the other… Check this link out.
Locate the serpentine belt routing diagram. Now closely examine which way it moves in bracket facing front of car should be away from belt, meaning on left or pass will probably… you should use dentex the oragne anifreeze all gm cars take that You should probably use the standard green antifreeze that nearly all vehicles used until about 1995. This will show an illustration for the proper 1993 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 serpentine belt replacement route around the engine. You could use the orange Dexcool antifreeze, but you should flush out the green coolant first, because the two should not be mixed. The serpentine belt is located on the front of the engine block and winds around several pulleys driving various engine components: water, fuel and power steering pumps, the alternator, air conditioner compressor and possibly other accessories. On my '96 The tensioner is down and to the left of the alternator looking at the engine from the passenger side fender I had to replace the alternator just this weekend. Route the new belt around the pulleys, push down on the tensioner again, and route the belt around the tensioner pulley.
There is a good change the tension pulley will need to be moved farther for the 1993 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 serpentine belt replacement because the old belt may have stretched. You see me loosen it here, and then pull the bolt the rest of the way and the idler pulley comes right off. Then you can remove the belt. It will hacve a bolt in the center and can be loosened with a 15mm socket. Now, there is the new tensioner installed.
If you have a floor jack take the top… Disconnect the negative battery terminal. On my 95 Corsica 2. Use a socket wrench with a matching socket the same size as the hex head bolt in the center of the tension pulley. We know car parts and we know auto parts. Again, use the socket wrench to turn the tension pulley far enough so the 93 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 serpentine belt replacement can be wrapped around the pulley. Turn the wrench handle, the pulley moves and the tension on the belt slackens.
Pull out the old alternator and put the new one in it's place and replace the bolts. On my 97 Cavalier I can use a 15mm box end wrench on the spring tension idler pulley. Now, you can disconnect the battery, pull the rubber boot down off the nut and post on the back of the alternator, remove the nut and wire, and then unhook the wire from the side of the alternator. That is not a big deal as long as the outside is in good shape. Under the hood right above the lamp is a plastic cover with two retaining knobs. Now go on to the serpentine belt tensioner, which requires a 15 mm wrench and same thing; one bolt, loosen it up, and then unscrew it. I push the belt down into the idler pulley, and then I take some tension off and push the belt down on.
Posted on Feb 22, 2010. Turn it counter clockwise with a 15mm wrench and it should lift the tensioner enough to slide off the belt. That'll allow me to start being able to spin it and get it off. We understand, we may have diverse view relating to this but at least we have attempted our best. I just go through the whole length of it and kind of pull it through.