Who ate my serpentine belt? T32

[V6er]

Yelloooooo!
After finally fixing hood latch cable "holder" with 3d printed parts (because I won't give my 135usd to nissan dealership - yeah!
drove it today... smelled something rubbing/burning... opened hood...
found this:

T32 MY2014, 192kmiles, I don't think that serpentine belt or alternator ever have been replaced.

soooo... question is - is it kinda typical issue?
My other sources say to replace tensioner, belt and overrun decoupler on alternator... any opinions?
though seems that overrun decoupler needs additional investigation, because nissan doesn't consider it a separate part from whole alternator
https://www.nissanpartsdeal.com/parts-l ... REM;6=CVT)

[VStar650CL]

Try the tensioner first, with that many miles it's the prime suspect. The overrunning clutches don't typically fail stuck, they fail free and noisy.

[V6er]

hm... was googling and youtubing - at least one of the videos showed stuck overrun clutch . anyway - will check it out.

[VStar650CL]

They can, it's just not the most common failure mode.

[V6er]

ok. let's go and try to understand - what do I have and which of the possible situations... don't switch to another channel

[V6er]

any experience with this manufacturers products? Murray pulleys (this seems to be fastest available)

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/mu ... oner&pos=0

[VStar650CL]

No, but I know their mower parts are good and the website says they've been around since before I was born (literally, the original enterprise dates to 1947). Tensioners aren't exactly rocket science, I'd say you're safe with that part.

[V6er]

fingers crossed. About Gates tensioner - they weren't able to say anything. Ina could be delivered in a week. Murray will be here tomorrow...
Need T32 to be back on road until Monday

[V6er]

I think I spent most of the time on getting plastics removed than tensioner itself :DD

@VStar650CL, what is your "approach" on installing serpentine belt? do you use some kind of plastic vedg/stick? which is your preferred pulley to put it around (I assume it is crankshafts pulley? not alternator or a/c compressor)?
p.s. in this weather - all the wrenches and metal parts are reaaaaaaly cold in garage :DDD

[VStar650CL]

You always put the last loop onto the A/C compressor pulley. Trying to work it over the crank pulley is a fool's errand that will simply bust your knuckles. It helps to have a very long 14mm box wrench to leverage the tensioner, a standard length wrench will also bust your knuckles unless you have extremely strong hands.

[V6er]

this tensioner has 17mm, but I haven't figured yet the "angle of approach".
will try with a/c compressor - thanks for the tip.

[VStar650CL]

It has to be done from the wheel well. Work the wrench up almost horizontal behind the wheel well flange, pointed toward the front. Then pull all the way down clockwise. The spring rate will get mighty strong toward the end of the travel, which is why a long wrench is helpful.

[V6er]

that part about "tensing"tensioner was pretty... ummm... unclear written in FSM...
I think it was "move to the right"or something along those lines

[V6er]

ok.
here is my opinion... those nissan engineers are genius and "deviants"at the same time... I was not able to tension enough that ***** tensioner when on car. I have suspicion that VStar650CL used some kind of special 17 wrench - kinda with "deeper" walls on that wrench. but now I absolutely understand what were you suggesting - its just I wasn't been able to do that

anyway - rounded few edges... before it was too late - took it off the car. since I don't have vice (yet) - made big hole in timber board - tensed the tensioner there, put the pin in... when trying to put it back on car - you guessed it - roller doesn't clear upper bolt removed that roller itself, installed tensioner, put the roller back.

overall - finally installed it. run engine for short while - nothing did snap, everything seems to be in place. we'll see - if I will get to work and back without any more action
(now came back to look in parts catalog - where those plastic pins are, where are screws etc on fender guard(?))