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How to Replace Serpentine Belt Tensioner 2009-13 Chevy Silverado
How to Replace Serpentine Belt Tensioner 1999-2008 Chevy Silverado 1500
How to Replace Serpentine Belt Tensioner with Pulley 2003-06 GMC Envoy XL
How to Replace Serpentine Belt Tensioner 2002-06 Chevy Suburban 1500 V8 5-3L
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Tools used
15mm Socket
Ratchet
1. Removing the Serpentine Belt
Attach a 15mm socket and ratchet to the serpentine belt tensioner
Turn the tensioner to loosen the belt
Pull the belt off the tensioner
2. Removing the Serpentine Belt Tensioner
Remove the two 15mm bolts from the tensioner
Pull the tensioner off and out
3. Installing the Serpentine Belt Tensioner
Start the two 15mm bolts into the tensioner
Use the bolts to line up the tensioner
Put the tensioner into place
Tighten the two 15mm bolts into the tensioner
4. Installing the Belt
Familiarize yourself with the belt routing diagram
Route the belt, following the diagram, if it came off any other pulleys
Loop the belt around the power steering pulley
Bring it around the water pump
Bring it around the crank pulley
Bring it around the alternator
Bring the belt over the tensioner
Attach a 15mm socket and ratchet to the serpentine belt tensioner
Turn the tensioner to loosen the belt
Pull the belt onto the idler pulley
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The first thing that you want to do is take your 15 millimeter socket and ratchet and put it on the tensioner. Then, push down on the ratchet and it will loosen up the belt so you can pull off all the pulleys.
Once the belt is off, you want to remove these two 15 millimeter bolts right here. We'll just fast forward as he does this. Those bolts are removed. You can pull the tensioner off and out.
Take your new tensioner and you want to line these two bolts up with the two holes down here. Just go in to get it lined up. You just want to tighten those bolts up by hand at first just to secure it into place. Then using your socket and ratchet, tighten it up the rest of the way. We'll fast forward as he does this.
You didn't have to take the belt off to do this repair but if your belt did happen to fall off the other pulleys, here's a belt diagram just to help you get it on correctly. We'll show you the whole process after this. It's a little hard to video but we'll do our best. He puts a loop down around the power stirring pulley there and then comes up around the water pump and down around the main crank pulley. All the while, he's kind of holding it at the alternator and then he puts it over on the tensioner. Basically he's got the belt routed 100% except for the middle idler pulley. Now, he kind of pulls it down near the idler pulley and he's going to grab the wrench, put it on the tensioner, push the tensioner down and push the belt underneath the idler pulley there. Just check it and make sure it's on all the pulleys correctly.
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Tools used
Flat Blade Screwdriver
15mm Socket
10mm Socket
Ratchet
3/8 Inch Drive Ratchet
1. Removing the Air Intake Hose
Loosen the two air intake hose clamps with a flat blade screwdriver
Pull the hose back
Pull the intake hose up and out
2. Removing the Radiator Fan Shroud
Remove the two 10mm bolts from the radiator fan shroud
Pry the radiator hose clip off the fan shroud with a flat blade screwdriver
Remove the four plastic clips from the fan shroud
Pull the shroud up and out
3. Removing the Serpentine Belt
Attach a 15mm socket and ratchet to the serpentine belt tensioner
Turn the tensioner clockwise to loosen the belt
Pull the belt off the tensioner
Pull the belt off the other pulleys
4. Removing the A/C Belt Tensioner
Remove the five 15mm bolts from the skid plate
Pull off the skid plate
Attach a 3/8 inch ratchet to the A/C belt tensioner
Pull down on the ratchet to loosen the A/C belt
Pull off the A/C belt
Remove the two 15mm bolts from the A/C belt tensioner
Pull off the A/C belt tensioner
5. Installing the New A/C Belt Tensioner
Put the new A/C belt tensioner into place
Insert the two 15mm bolts into the A/C belt tensioner
Feed the A/C belt into place
Attach the 3/8 inch ratchet to the A/C belt tensioner
Pull the ratchet down to loosen the belt
Release the tensioner
Pull off the ratchet
Lift the skid plate into place
Insert the five 15mm bolts into the skid plate
6. Reinstalling the Serpentine Belt
Familiarize yourself with the belt-routing diagram
Feed the belt around the pulleys, as displayed in the diagram
Attach a 15mm socket and ratchet to the serpentine belt tensioner
Turn the tensioner clockwise to loosen the belt
Check that the belt is routed correctly
Pull the belt over the tensioner pulley
Release the tensioner
Remove the ratchet
7. Reinstalling the Fan Shroud
Push the fan shroud into place
Insert the four plastic clips into the fan shroud
Clip the radiator hose to the fan shroud
Insert the two 10mm bolts into the fan shroud
8. Reinstalling the Air Intake Hose
Put the air intake hose into place
Tighten the two intake hose clamps with a flat blade screwdriver
Clip the smaller hose to the intake hose
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the A/C serpentine belt tensioner on this 2002 Chevy Suburban with a 5.3 liter V8 engine. It's the same part and similar process on these Suburbans from 2000 to 2008. The items you'll need for this are a new A/C belt tensioner from 1AAuto.com, 10mm and 15mm socket and ratchet, flat blade screw driver, and a 3/8 inch ratchet.
Start off by loosening these two hose clamps using your flat blade screw driver. We'll just fast forward as Don does this. Now just pry this clip out and then pull the hose back. You may need a flat blade screwdriver to help you pry it free and then pull forward and lift it up and out.
Next, remove these two 10mm bolts and we'll fast forward as Don does that. Then pry the clip on this hose out of the fan shroud, and then remove these four clips around your shroud. To remove these clips, you just pry up the center and then pull the clip out. We'll fast forward as Don does this to the other three. Then just pull that hose back and lift the shroud straight up and out.
Right here is your tensioner. Just put the 15mm socket and ratchet on it and push down on the ratchet. This will release the tension on the belt, and you can pull the belt from the pulleys. You want to just reach down, pull it off all the pulleys, and the belt will be free. You can just pull it up and out.
Underneath the front bumper, you'll see this plate and you need to remove these five 15mm bolts. We'll fast forward as Don removes those. Behind the plate, is your A/C belt tensioner and you just use a 3/8 inch ratchet. Just pull down on the tensioner and then pull your A/C belt free. It pulls right off. Right here is your A/C belt tensioner. Sorry for the shaky camera, but you can see it's held in with two 15mm bolts and we'll just fast forward as Don removes those. Then the A/C tensioner will just pull right off.
On the left is the old A/C belt tensioner. On the right is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see they're identical and they'll fit exactly the same. Put your new A/C belt tensioner into place and replace those two 15mm bolts. We'll just fast forward as Don tightens those up. Feed your new A/C belt back up into place and for now, you're really just preliminarily getting it into place, and then, use your ratchet on the tensioner. Now make sure the belt is on all the pulleys and that it's on all the way. Once the belt is in the right position on each of the pulleys, carefully release the tension on the tensioner and pull your ratchet free. Put the skid plate back up into place and replace those five 15mm bolts and tighten them up.
Now, located at the front of your truck, you'll see this serpentine belt diagram. You want to follow this when you're putting your belt back on and really it's hard to show us doing it, so you're going to have to refer to that, but it's pretty simple to follow. Everything is where it needs to be and you can see he starts with the lower pulleys. He just starts feeding the belt down and around each of them following that diagram. We'll fast forward as he does the majority of this. Once you've got it on all but one pulley, push back down on the tensioner and double check. Make sure your belt is on all the pulleys properly and that it's not just half on some of them. Then just get it into position. Then carefully release the tension on the tensioner and pull the ratchet free.
Now to replace the shroud, just push it back down into place. Then, replace those four clips. Just push them back down into place and push the center down to lock them. Push the hose back into place, and then, replace those two 10mm bolts. Now take this air intake hose and push it back down into place on the air intake box and then onto the engine. Then just tighten up those two hose clamps. Then just re-clip that hose to the air intake hose and you're all set.
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Tools used
Flat Blade Screwdriver
15mm Socket
T30 Driver
8mm Wrench
Ratchet
1. Removing the Air Intake Hose
Disconnect the negative battery cable with an 8mm wrench
Loosen the two hose clamps from the air intake hose with a flat blade screwdriver
Remove the T30 bolt from the air intake box
Remove the air intake hose
2. Removing the Tensioner
Familiarize yourself with the route of the serpentine belt
Insert a 15mm socket and ratchet into the tensioner
Turn the socket and pull the belt over the center pulley
Release the tensioner
Pull the belt off by hand
Remove the three 15mm bolts from the tensioner
3. Installing the Tensioner
Insert the tensioner into place
Hand tighten the bolt in place
Tighten the 15mm bolts
Pull the belt up and over alternator and tensioner
Place the belt correctly on each of the pulleys be following the diagram
Pull the tensioner clockwise with the 15mm socket and ratchet
Release the tensioner
Make sure the belt is on the correct pulleys
4. Installing the Air Intake Hose
Insert the air intake hose into place
Tighten the two hose clamps with a flat blade screwdriver
Insert and tighten the T30 Torx bolt
Connect the negative battery cable with an 8mm wrench
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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the serpentine belt tensioner on this 2003 GMC Envoy XL with the 5.3-liter V8 engine. The items you'll need for this include a 15mm socket and ratchet, an 8mm wrench, a T30 Torx bit, and a flat blade screwdriver.
Use an 8mm wrench to disconnect the negative battery cable. Start off by loosening this hose clamp and this hose clamp, then remove this T30 bolt up here. We'll just fast-forward as Mike does that. Now pull this hose free. Then lift that air intake hose up and out.
Next, you want to locate your serpentine belt diagram, which is located right here on the shroud. You just want to refer to this as you're trying to put the belt back in place. Make sure that you have one of these before messing with the belt. Then, using a 15mm socket and ratchet, or 15mm wrench and another wrench for extra leverage, just push down on the tensioner and pull the belt up and over that center pulley.
Carefully relieve the tension on the tensioner. Pull your belt off your tensioner and then remove these three 15mm bolts. We'll just fast-forward as Mike does that. When you remove the last bolt the tensioner will pull free.
Lower your new tensioner back down with the top bolt in place. Then just line it up and hand tighten the bolt. Replace the other two bolts by hand. Then tighten them all up. Now pull the belt back up, over the alternator, and over the tensioner. At the same time, you want to make sure that the belt is on each of the pulleys correctly. Then just double check with your belt diagram that the belt's in the right order and on each of the pulleys.
Put your wrench, or socket and ratchet, onto the tensioner, and pull back on the tensioner. Just push your belt underneath that center pulley. Carefully release the tension, and make sure your belt is on all the pulleys correctly.
Feed your air intake hose back down into place. Make sure it's pushed on all the way. Then push this end back into place. Then tighten up those two hose clamps. Now tighten up the T30 bolt. Reconnect your negative battery cable.
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Tools used
15mm Wrench
Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
15mm Socket
Ratchet
1. Removing the Air Intake
Loosen the hose clamp after the MAF sensor
Twist the boot from the MAF sensor
Remove the hose clamp at the throttle bottle
Disconnect the hoses from their clamps
Remove the intake runner
2. Removing the Serpentine Belt
Familiarize yourself with the route of the serpentine belt
Insert the 15mm wrench into the tensioner
Turn the tensioner clockwise to loosen the belt
Pull the belt off a pulley
Release the tensioner
Pull the belt off by hand
3. Removing the Tensioner
Remove the three 15mm bolts from the tensioner bracket
Remove the tensioner
4. Installing the Tensioner
Insert the tensioner onto the water pump housing
Tighten the three 15mm bolts to the tensioner
5. Installing the Serpentine Belt
Loop the belt around the harmonic balancer/crank pulley
Bring it over the water pump
Bring it under the power steering pulley
Bring it around the belt tensioner
Bring it under the idler pulley
Pull the tensioner clockwise with the 15mm wrench
Bring it around the A/C Pulley
Release the tensioner
6. Installing the Air Intake
Insert the intake tubing into place
Tighten the hose clamp to the MAF sensor and the throttle
Clip in the hoses
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In this video we're going to be working with our 2002 Chevy Suburban 5.3-liter V8. We're going to show you how to remove and replace the serpentine belt tensioner. This is for the forward serpentine belt that runs all the accessories, with the exception of your air conditioning.
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Here are the items you'll need for this repair: flat blade screwdriver, 15mm wrench, 15mm socket, ratchet, socket extension
Loosen the hose clamp just after the mass air flow sensor. This is going to be the second one back from your air box. We'll do this using a flat blade screwdriver. Wiggle and twist the boot to release it from the mass air flow sensor. You may need to use your screwdriver to help peel it back here. These tend to get stuck on pretty good. We'll also remove the one at the throttle body. We'll need to disconnect the hoses from their clamps here. You can either try prying it out there, or there's also a little clamp at the bottom here that you should be able to compress, pop loose with a flat blade, and remove the intake runner from the vehicle.
We've removed some things like the radiator fan and the fan shroud to make it easier to show you what's going on, but you shouldn't need to do this if you're doing this job at home. Before removing your serpentine belt, make sure your vehicle has a belt path diagram under the hood somewhere. If this is missing or faded, you can just draw another one onto the plastic with something like a paint marker. Using a 15mm wrench on the tensioner, rotate the nut clockwise to slack the belt. Pop the belt off of whatever pulley is easiest for you to reach. Let the tension off the pulley and remove your serpentine belt.
You need a 15mm socket, ratchet, and extension to remove the three 15mm bolts on the tensioner bracket.
Reinstall the serpentine belt tensioner onto the water pump housing cover. Two longer bolts go in the upper holes, and the shortest bolt goes in the bottom. Tighten these bolts with a 15mm socket and ratchet.
Install the belt over the front grooves of the harmonic balancer or crank pulley. Bringing the right side over top of the pulley. We'll then go over top of the water pump and loop under the power steering pump, over the alternator, under the idler pulley. I'll keep this piece in my hand. Make sure that everything is seated because this one's kind of tight and you're going to want the room. Using my 15mm wrench, we'll take the tension off of the tensioner pulley, slide the belt over, double-check that our path is right, all of the belt is properly seated, and then let the tension back on.
Reinstall the intake tubing. It's easiest to set it onto the throttle body. Reengage the hoses into their clips and then get the boot over the air box. Then tighten down both clamps with a flat blade screwdriver.
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