Tips on changing serpentine belt?
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Tips on changing serpentine belt?
Hey All,
I've got the 5.4L engine with 50k on it, so I figure it's time to change the serpentine belt. I purchased a Gatorback belt from all the rave reviews. Do you guys have any tips on changing the belt? I stuck my breaker bar to loosen the tension but it's at such an awkward angle.
Merry Christmas all!
-Chris
**Update**
That wasn't as bad as I thought. Instead of using a breaker bar, I used my torque wrench which is a bit longer than the breaker bar, and it's not fixed in a position. That fan shroud is very scratchy, luckily it's cold and I was wearing a long sleeve sweatshirt. It is pretty awkward to get at the bottom two pulleys, but it didn't take me more than 10 minutes after the air cleaner tube was off. I was happy when i test drove it and it shifted at WOT without a sound.
Thanks for the tips again guys.
I've got the 5.4L engine with 50k on it, so I figure it's time to change the serpentine belt. I purchased a Gatorback belt from all the rave reviews. Do you guys have any tips on changing the belt? I stuck my breaker bar to loosen the tension but it's at such an awkward angle.
Merry Christmas all!
-Chris
**Update**
That wasn't as bad as I thought. Instead of using a breaker bar, I used my torque wrench which is a bit longer than the breaker bar, and it's not fixed in a position. That fan shroud is very scratchy, luckily it's cold and I was wearing a long sleeve sweatshirt. It is pretty awkward to get at the bottom two pulleys, but it didn't take me more than 10 minutes after the air cleaner tube was off. I was happy when i test drove it and it shifted at WOT without a sound.
Thanks for the tips again guys.
Last edited by LosBanosF150; Dec 25, 2005 at 08:43 PM.
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It is kinda awkward to get loose. But the best way is 2 people. One under the truck to route the new belt over the bottom pulleys while you put the top ones on. It's tricky but doable with one person.
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Whereabouts in Los Banos do you live, do you know of any duckranches out there? My family owns Clearlake land & cattle duckranch up there, I grew up on that ranch, it's a huge ranch out on that gravel road that stretches past a few of them. It's the Snyder ranch, anyways, let me know if you're familiar with it.
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Originally Posted by Josiah
Whereabouts in Los Banos do you live, do you know of any duckranches out there? My family owns Clearlake land & cattle duckranch up there, I grew up on that ranch, it's a huge ranch out on that gravel road that stretches past a few of them. It's the Snyder ranch, anyways, let me know if you're familiar with it.
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