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    Had to change my serpentine belt tonight...

    OMG what a pain in the ass. I imagine a helper to hold back on the tensioner would have been better instaed of trying to install the belt with one hand and hold the tensioner with the other. Doing that on a hot engine would be pure torture

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cam99 View Post
    OMG what a pain in the ass. I imagine a helper to hold back on the tensioner would have been better instaed of trying to install the belt with one hand and hold the tensioner with the other. Doing that on a hot engine would be pure torture
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    did it slip off or something or just doing some routine maintanence.. when we going to go crusing anyways?

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    Cheater bar is the key Cam. Like mike said, its a 30 second job lol. Easiest way to do it by yourself is:

    Put belt around all lower pullies, crank, alt, etc... Pull tensioner back enough to stick the belt behind that pulley. Next put it around the KB pulley and leave belt off the idler pulley thats to the right and below the aux idler. Pull the tensioner with the cheater bar and shove it under the idler, waaaala.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KBCobra View Post
    Cheater bar is the key Cam. Like mike said, its a 30 second job lol. Easiest way to do it by yourself is:

    Put belt around all lower pullies, crank, alt, etc... Pull tensioner back enough to stick the belt behind that pulley. Next put it around the KB pulley and leave belt off the idler pulley thats to the right and below the aux idler. Pull the tensioner with the cheater bar and shove it under the idler, waaaala.
    Well, looks like I'll get a chance to try my luck at it again because the new one split in half tonight. Practice makes perfect . Glad I bought an extra

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    lol.. that sucks.. why are they breaking though??? pullie(s) off location????
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cam99 View Post
    Well, looks like I'll get a chance to try my luck at it again because the new one split in half tonight. Practice makes perfect . Glad I bought an extra
    oh my cam...take it easy!lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott5 View Post
    did it slip off or something or just doing some routine maintanence.. when we going to go crusing anyways?
    It was starting to fray and come apart. I'm ready for some crusing. Let me know.

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