I am trying to put a new fan belt and tensioner on my truck and am having problems.I got the new tensioner on, but can't get the belt routed right even with a diagram. My question is how do you get belt around the tensioner from the ac pulley and crank pulley? Do I loosen the tensioner bolt so I can wedge the belt between the block and pulley or is there an easier way to get this belt on? Hope this makes sense and soory for long post.

 

Thats what I did,

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Thanks for the reply.I will give that a try.

 

I typically turn the belt on it's side and do those pullies first. A little easier than taking the tensioner loose.

 

I tried turnig on it's side but the new gates tensioner [ looks alot tougher then the stock plastic pulley one] is to close to the block and the new gater back belt is to stiff to fit in between there.

 

I Feel For You! Been There Done That! No Fun!

 

I changed the serpentine belt on my old 01.5 twice and had it done in abot 10 minutes. I changed it on my 05 and it took me 2 hours to get the new one back on right. Been there, done that.

 

Great, I just bought an extra serpentine belt to keep in my truck just in case...But now it sounds like this isn't something I would want to tackle on the side of the road!!!

 

Same here

Ive also been wanting to change mine(49k miles on it, starting to wear), but I really dont want to get stuck not being able to change it out at home easily...

 

My problem was I just took it off thinking it would be easy like my 01.5 was. If I had paid attention to the way it came off I would have probably been able to get the new one on much faster.