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JayB
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Nov 29, 2010, 11:27 AM
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Hello, gang. I used the search function to try and see if this has been covered already, but I didn't see a close result.
03 Jeep Liberty...
Started it the other night, felt a small jerk and went to back out, but the power steering wasn't working. I suspected a fuse, as I blew one once in my wife's car while using it to jump another. I looked at my fuses...the guide inside the cap didn't show one for power steering in my Jeep.
Immediately looked around and noticed that the main serpentine belt on the front of my engine was dangling loose. My neighborhood has stray cats that climb up under hoods for warmth (I found that out in the worst way last winter). I suspect one of them may have knocked the belt free.
I replaced it to where the belt should be, but the belt is loose. Picture- http://twitpic.com/3be30u
Any ideas? Did I miss something with the belt? Is the belt shot? If I should include more information, let me know. Thanks in advance.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 29, 2010, 11:54 AM
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You don't have it routed correctly.
Be prepared. Something made that belt come off and you haven't resolved that yet.
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JayB
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Nov 29, 2010, 12:23 PM
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Thanks Hammer. I was lookingat an image of a different config...suspected I had it wrong.
Any tips for getting the belt on there completely? Seems too tight to get it on easily now. Took off the idler pulley or the tensioner, to fit the belt properly, but now I can't seem to get it back on with the belt wrapped over it.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 29, 2010, 12:29 PM
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Just make sure your seated in all the grooves of every pulley and save one of the smooth pulleys for last.
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JayB
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Nov 29, 2010, 1:00 PM
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out of time & at the finger pain threshold, so I will give it a crack again later or tomorrow. Thanks for the replies.
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JayB
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Nov 30, 2010, 1:11 PM
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Hammer...you got any more tips? I have tried for hours to get this belt on and no luck. Removed the tensioner to get the belt over it, then screw the blot back in...not enough slack for that OR to simply slip the belt over one of the smooth pulleys.
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Nov 30, 2010, 1:13 PM
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They are never easy. Make sure you have the right belt.
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JayB
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Nov 30, 2010, 1:17 PM
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It was the only belt dangling around...so it's the one that's been occupying this area for a while.
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Nov 30, 2010, 2:43 PM
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I mean make sure they sold you the correct new belt.
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JayB
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Nov 30, 2010, 5:03 PM
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So...the car won't go anyplace, so I don't have a new belt...wanted to get this one that came off back on.
I am looking at some illustrations
and this video...
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They show that the tensioner should easily move and allow me to get the belt over it, but all I can do is take the whole thing off, but that doesn't help...as I've stated, I can NOT* screw the bolt back on w/ the belt looped over the tensioner pulley. What am I doing wrong?
(This post was edited by JayB on Nov 30, 2010, 5:15 PM)
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Hammer Time
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Nov 30, 2010, 5:17 PM
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You can't post links like that here.
I don't know how you are trying to do this but you need to route the belt around every pulley except one. In this setup, I would leave the alternator until last. Put a socket on the tensioner bolt and hold the belt snug with your right hand. Now pull the tensioner against the spring until it stops with your left hand and simultaneously slip the belt over the last pulley with your right hand. It may be tight and you may have to get it started and then push it on the rest of the way with the heel of your hand.
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JayB
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Nov 30, 2010, 5:36 PM
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I can't post links that show what other material I am looking at besides the advice you are giving me? That makes this process less helpful. The video example showed how easy this should be...and it is not easy for me.
Anyway...like I said, there is no give with the tensioner. It won't move. So what I am asking is...why won't this move to give me the slack that I need?
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Hammer Time
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Nov 30, 2010, 5:40 PM
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You don't need to post an instructional video for everyone else to see. You can see it yourself. We already know how to do it.
I don't know why you can't move the tensioner. You may be trying to move it the wrong way or you may not even be on the tensioner.
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JayB
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Nov 30, 2010, 6:23 PM
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Thanks for the time. A bigger ratchet (and maybe the wd40) did the trick.
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