Serpentine Belt removal and installation
#47
Evolved Member
iTrader: (25)
Easy as pie. Serp belt will literally take you 10 minutes. Rotate the tensioner toward the rear of the car with a 1/2 breaker bar, slide the belt off the pullies, pull it out, route the new belt, around the pullies, let the tensioner rotate back into position and youre done.
Its easiest with an extra person for sure.
Its easiest with an extra person for sure.
#48
You don't really need two people. One is fine. Just make sure you 1/2 in breaker bar is not long. My Snapon Wrench is like 2ft long and ended up hitting the oil cooler. Get a shorter one, pretty much max it out as far as you can push it and slide the belt on from alternator ending with the AC pully. It seriously should take 10 min max. Not a hard task.
#49
EvoM Guru
iTrader: (50)
I did mine this morning. It was pretty easy, but I pulled off the crank pulley because I was replacing the pulley as well. With the pulley off, and working from underneath the car, I had it on in 5 minutes. Taking the pulley off is not hard either.
Rock Auto has Gates tensioner pulleys and Goodyear Gatorback serpentine belts. Best prices I saw.
Rock Auto has Gates tensioner pulleys and Goodyear Gatorback serpentine belts. Best prices I saw.
#51
Evolved Member
I did this today.
Jacked up car.
Took off wheel.
Took off the 2 rear-most clips that fasten wheel well liner, bent it forward out of way resting against caliper.
1/2" craftsman ratchet with 19mm deep socket slipped over the end of the handle with a 1/2" extension attached (my damn HF 25" 1/2" breaker bar was too long) counter-clockwise 10 or 15 degrees.
5mm allen wrench to lock it out (6mm was too big).
A few photos in case I screwed up.
Took off belt, easy
started putting on belt, referred to diagram
started putting on belt again, referred to diagram
Repeat a couple of times.
Realized that some pulleys have lips, others do not, so, get all pulleys that have lips mounted first and then slide the others into place [PRO TIP ]
80 minutes from jack up to jack down.
Used this:
Worked like a charm.
[EDIT 1/13/2014]
Priced at King mitsubishi today, parts and labor on serpentine belt replacement:
1 hour at $99.00/hr + $58.00 for the belt
Even if it was just the labor, I saved $99 and I would have spent a LOT more time driving to the dealership, waiting for them to finish and then driving home again vs. just doing it in my front yard so I saved time too.
THANK you EvoM.
Jacked up car.
Took off wheel.
Took off the 2 rear-most clips that fasten wheel well liner, bent it forward out of way resting against caliper.
1/2" craftsman ratchet with 19mm deep socket slipped over the end of the handle with a 1/2" extension attached (my damn HF 25" 1/2" breaker bar was too long) counter-clockwise 10 or 15 degrees.
5mm allen wrench to lock it out (6mm was too big).
A few photos in case I screwed up.
Took off belt, easy
started putting on belt, referred to diagram
started putting on belt again, referred to diagram
Repeat a couple of times.
Realized that some pulleys have lips, others do not, so, get all pulleys that have lips mounted first and then slide the others into place [PRO TIP ]
80 minutes from jack up to jack down.
Used this:
Worked like a charm.
[EDIT 1/13/2014]
Priced at King mitsubishi today, parts and labor on serpentine belt replacement:
1 hour at $99.00/hr + $58.00 for the belt
Even if it was just the labor, I saved $99 and I would have spent a LOT more time driving to the dealership, waiting for them to finish and then driving home again vs. just doing it in my front yard so I saved time too.
THANK you EvoM.
Last edited by wjamyers; Jan 13, 2014 at 02:44 PM.
#55
Evolving Member
Needed to do this b/c I failed inspection due to a cracked belt.
Advance had it in stock and whole thing took about an hour solo (most of that finding tools and the up/down of getting everything aligned).
Thanks again for all the tips guys!
Advance had it in stock and whole thing took about an hour solo (most of that finding tools and the up/down of getting everything aligned).
Thanks again for all the tips guys!
#56
I just did this today by myself in about 15 min. Looking at this post I expected the worst, but it wasn't really that bad to do. Now comparatively speaking, it's a lot easier to do on my Eclipse where I can almost change the belt with my eyes closed but the Evo wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Just gotta be very patient. Now I have to do Timing belt in about 2k miles, not looking forward to that.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
E-SPEC INDUSTRIES
Vendor 'Used Parts' Classifieds
17
Oct 21, 2018 02:33 PM
WTB[MidWest]: steering wheel
evolve_VIII
For Sale - Interior / Exterior / Sound / Styling
0
Mar 29, 2017 12:38 PM
E-SPEC INDUSTRIES
Vendor 'Used Parts' Classifieds
53
Nov 29, 2016 01:42 PM
Joe250
Evo How To Requests / Questions / Tips
10
May 31, 2016 01:32 PM
[WTB] Voltex Type 5
JDMEBO9
For Sale - Interior / Exterior / Sound / Styling
3
Mar 25, 2016 08:07 PM