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Thank you Saabnet, Ari, Quasi! Sperpentine belt
Posted by Diamond Dave (more from Diamond Dave) on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:45:48
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I tackled the replacement of the Serp belt this morning. I had just buckled both kids into the Aero to shuttle to daycare. Started the car and heard a "flap, flap, flap" noise. Shut her down and cracked the hood. Sure enough, a shredded serp belt. The back up car is a Miata, but getting 2 kids to daycare with a Miata safely is another story.
I'd done the serp belt previously after getting the car; about 60K ago. I was really fuzzy on the exact details, but I knew there were some tricky points. The big tip for me this time was from Ari about gradual , constant pressure on the tensioner pulley. Last time I just used the breaker bar on the pulley and leveraged the botom of the tensioner shock. This time I used a combo of that method with the 19mm socket. I did not use a tool to hold the tensioner in place. I just recompressed it. Might make a tool for the future though. Not sure why I'd ever get rid of this car.
Parts prices from my import parts shop (for real parts).
Idler pulley $32 (with replacement bolt)
Tensioner pulley $39
Serp belt $39
Helpful links:
Quasi's site with procedure
http://www.quasimotors.com/belt_install.htm
Quasi's site belt routing
http://www.quasimotors.com/belt_routing.htm
Quasi's site tensioner tool
http://www.quasimotors.com/tool_preview.htm
Ari's post with tips
http://saabnet.com/tsn/bb/9000/index.html?bID=238283
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