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'97 900SET serpentine belt available at NAPA
Posted by Pete Millett [Email] (more from Pete Millett) on Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:57:36
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The small plastic idler pully in my '97 900SET self-destructed last night, as seems to be the case with all of them around 50-75k miles.
I replaced both plastic pullies and the serpentine belt. I had to buy the pullies from the dealer for $38 each, but I found the local NAPA auto parts store had the belt in stock for $28, instead of the $56 that the dealer wanted. Looks like equal quality to me.
I thought about using the shorter belt as has been suggested here, but I was concerned about the long un-supported span, so I kept the stock configuration.
My car (early '97) had the big pully with the hex bolt, and the new one came with the torx "mushroom" screw. I had a stubby T40 bit (about 3/4" long) and had no problems installing the new one (with it's torx bolt) using the stubby bit and a 1/4" wrench. I do suspect that early '97 and before may have more clearance than mid-'97 on, based on what I read here.
Definitely worth the time to pull the air box and the access panel inside the wheel well. I didn't lift the car or remove the wheel. Actually the hardest part for me was just fishing the belt around the A/C compressor pully.
The whole job took about 45 minutes, done in a grocery store parking lot!
Thanks to all of you that have posted advice about how to do this...
Pete
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