97 Q45 belt replacement

[antbo]

is there a thread for this already, if so can someone lead me to it.

im trying to find out how to get to all the belts to replace them. thanks!

[elwesso]

You will probably want to take off the fan.. Other than that, its just removing the tensioners (i prefer to remove them because its easier than loosening the tensioners a lot)

overall its a straight forward job, shouldnt have any problems.

[antbo]

cool!!! thanks for the advise.

a friend of mine told me he didnt even take off his fan. so i went ahead and tried to take the belt off over the fan and it definitly doesnt fit around it. so once i take off the fan, ill be able to get to all the belts??

[3Q Jay]

yeah, there's one small belt that just drives the waterpump, and then the water pump pulley drives alt. 4 belts in all.fan removal required on fy33 as Wes stated.

[antbo]

do you guys have a trick to knowing how tight the belts should be. other than the flipping the belt one?

[elwesso]

Really I just go with feel.. I like to be able to grab it and have a bit of deflection.

Spec is you should move each belt about .3in with 22lbs of applied force...