phillthefish
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- 2002 XLT
I have encountered a problem when attempting to change the serpentine belt on my 2002 4.0 V6 XLT that I connot find any mention of previously in this forum.
I followed the conventional procedure of using a breaker bar (18" long) in the tensioner to swing its pulley and release tension when removing the old belt. I've threaded the new belt around the pulley's per the chart in the engine bay. However, with the tensioner pulley swung as far as it will go there is still not enough slack for me to get the belt over the final pulley ... in fact it only reaches the center of the pulley, about 2" short of the pulley's rim. I called a friend over to pull on the breaker bar so I can use both hands to try and stretch the belt over the pulley ... but the belt is still at least 1.5" short of the pulley's rim.
I've now rechecked that the pulley is treaded correctly over the other pulleys per the chart in the engine bay. I have also checked the Ford parts website to ensure that I was sold the correct part (the part number of my belt matches the part number on Ford's website).
The only anomoly I can find is that the marking on the new belt is 4L2E-8620-EA and the marking on the old belt is 1L2E-8620-AB ... but neither of these numbers are anything like the part number on the packaging of the new belt so I don't know if the difference in markings is relevant. :scratch:
Has anyone else ever experienced this problem ?
Any tips from the pro's ?
I followed the conventional procedure of using a breaker bar (18" long) in the tensioner to swing its pulley and release tension when removing the old belt. I've threaded the new belt around the pulley's per the chart in the engine bay. However, with the tensioner pulley swung as far as it will go there is still not enough slack for me to get the belt over the final pulley ... in fact it only reaches the center of the pulley, about 2" short of the pulley's rim. I called a friend over to pull on the breaker bar so I can use both hands to try and stretch the belt over the pulley ... but the belt is still at least 1.5" short of the pulley's rim.
I've now rechecked that the pulley is treaded correctly over the other pulleys per the chart in the engine bay. I have also checked the Ford parts website to ensure that I was sold the correct part (the part number of my belt matches the part number on Ford's website).
The only anomoly I can find is that the marking on the new belt is 4L2E-8620-EA and the marking on the old belt is 1L2E-8620-AB ... but neither of these numbers are anything like the part number on the packaging of the new belt so I don't know if the difference in markings is relevant. :scratch:
Has anyone else ever experienced this problem ?
Any tips from the pro's ?