Next, attach a 12mm socket. Now you can loosen the tension pulley adjusting bolt. Once loosened the belt should slide off, but now you need to remove the AC belt to complete the removal. #3 The bolt on the tension pulley fixing nut on the AC belt for some reason or the other required a 17mm wrench. On the passenger's side of the engine, place your 15mm wrench or ratchet/breaker bar with a 15mm socket on the belt tensioner bolt. Turn the tensioner clockwise as if tightening the bolt to release tension on the belt. While holding the tensioner away from the belt with one hand, slide the loosened belt off of the tensioner pulley. How To Replace Serpentine Drive Belt 2007-2011 Honda CRV. Serpentine Drive Belt - Insert the 14mm socket and breaker bar into the tensioner. Turn the tensioner clockwise to loosen the belt. Pull the belt off the alternator. Release the tensioner. Pull the belt off by hand. step 2 :Removing the Tensioner. 1:15. Remove the two 12mm bolts from the tensioner pulley and idler pulley. Remove the serpentine belt and inspect it. Use your 15 mm wrench to unbolt the tensioner. step 2 :Install the serpentine belt tensioner. 3:28. Use your 15 mm wrench to install the serpentine belt tensioner. With your belt routing diagram, route the serpentine belt over the pulleys. With your 3/8ths drive ratchet, release the tension from the The belt failure can damage all these other systems, raising your repair bill exponentially. Modern cars generally use a tensioner to keep your serpentine in place and eases the replacement procedure for most models. Replacing a bent tensioner or broken pulley at the same time as the belt is always recommended to extend the life of your car. m0LM8mZ. 211 43 215 392 186 391 298 106 177

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