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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a serpentine belt. This is a 1998 Toyota Camry. The procedure is pretty much the same for vehicles between 1992 and 1998. Items you'll need are a new serpentine belt from 1AAuto.com, 12 to 14mm socket, a ratchet, and an extension.
Open the hood and secure the hood prop. Your alternator is used to adjust the tension of the serpentine belt, either tighter or looser, and also to slack it enough to be removed. Using a 14mm socket and ratchet, loosen the bolt where the alternator mounts to the engine. This will allow the alternator to pivot when adjusting the adjuster screw. Using the 12mm socket and ratchet, loosen this bolt into the alternator, and then adjust your adjusting screw down to remove the belt. Turn the adjusting screw counterclockwise to loosen it. You may have to push down on the alternator a little to get it to move.
Once you have enough slack, remove the serpentine belt from the pulleys. You may have to twist it sideways to clear between the pulleys and the body. This belt will need to be changed. As you can see, all the lines are cracking all throughout the belt, as well as it being brown and dried out, making it very brittle and likely to snap under tension.
Here we have our old belt which we removed from the vehicle and our new belt from 1AAuto.com. As you can see, these belts, the same size, the same thickness. You can see the new belt has nice rubber, nice and pliable, no cracking. You can clearly see the channels on the pulley. Same number of grooves on the bottom. The serpentine belt will be installed around the crank pulley, over top of the alternator pulley, and under the A/C compressor.
With the new belt, you may have to loosen up the alternator adjuster more than you had to to remove the old one. Be sure that the belt is seated properly onto the grooves of each pulley. Using the 12mm socket and ratchet, turn the tensioning bolt clockwise to add tension to the belt. Lock down the adjusting block with the same 12mm. Using the 14 mm socket and ratchet, clamp down the pivot point bolt. Start the vehicle and check that the belt does not squeal or slip.
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