serpentine belt

[bleyso]

Hi to all.

I'm a newbie the form looking for some help. I can't get my serpentine belt back on the tensioner for a 1996 Ford Explorer. I get the belt almost all the way but when I've tried to install it around the tensioner, it won't fit around the tensioner. Any help would be most appreciated.

 

[Dopler174]

I would do the alternator or AC compressor last. (whatever is on top) It's hard to get the tensioner pulled far enough AND loop the belt at the same time.

EDIT: make sure that the new belt and the old belt are close in size. You could have the wrong belt.

 

[marragtop]

Put it around the compressor last. Remember you have to relieve the tension on the tensioner to get enough slack to get the belt on.

 

[aldive]

I always put the belt on the idler pulley last.

Good luck ....

 

[gijoecam]

I either put it on the idler pulley or the water pump pulley last. They usually don't have the v-grooves or run around the back-side of the belt. It makes it easier to slide on that way.

-Joe

 

[aldive]

I either put it on the idler pulley or the water pump pulley last. They usually don't have the v-grooves or run around the back-side of the belt. It makes it easier to slide on that way.

-Joe

The only pulley on my SOHC w/o grooves is the idler pulley.