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Old 06-18-2010, 11:01 PM   #4
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Default Tightening the belt

No you can tighten the belt with a 14mm socket and a pry bar. Jack up the car under the front right wheel, set a jack stand, never work under a car resting only on a jack.

Look for the pivot bolt at the bottom of the Power steering unit. The back nut you can reach from behind the left front wheel.

Once you loosen the bottom pivot bolt you loosen the top lock nut.

Wedging a thin pry bar in between your power steering unit and the motor you pull back and this forces the belt tight. While pulling tight as you can you tighten the top lock nut. Be careful don't pry against anything weak or plastic. Don't break anything. Then go back and tighten the lower pivot bolt.

If you still have the large lower plastic shield under the motor you might want to drop this but be careful cause these small 10mm bolts love to snap off. Try to get to what you need by removing just the bolts that do not go into the enclosed frame. Most likely you will snap some but still have enough to hold it in place when you are done. You can probably do this with that shield on though by going behind the front passenger wheel for the bottom pivot bolt and from the top of the engine bay for the top locking bolt. Belts will squeal loudly at start up if they are too lose. If you hear this after adjustment go back and repeat everything and make it tighter. The AC and Water pump belts have separate adjusters. They don't need the old fashioned pry bar pulling. Hope this helps.
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