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How to Alter a Serpentine Belt on a Duramax

by Christian Killian

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The Duramax diesel engine is a six.six-liter engine used in the Chevy trucks with a production run from 2001 and is currently still in use. The serpentine belt drive system on the front of the engine turns all the accessories on the engine and has a spring-loaded tensioner to go on the chugalug tight. The engine has a reputation for durability and reliability every bit well as existence a stout workhorse. Any home mechanic can alter the belt in about an hr and salvage himself a costly repair neb from a repair shop.

Footstep ane

Open up the hood of your truck and locate the negative battery terminal on the battery. Remove the retaining bolt that secures the negative battery cable to the battery using a wrench, then remove the cablevision. Set information technology aside for now.

Step two

Locate the tensioner on the forepart of the engine. It is on the passenger side front of the engine. There is a hole in the arm of the tensioner. This hole will accept a ½-inch drive billow bar. There is a small black pulley on the stop of the arm, making it easier to identify.

Step three

Insert a ½-inch drive breaker bar in the hole on the tensioner and rotate the tensioner counterclockwise until the belt is loose. Remove the belt from the engine and discard information technology. Slowly rotate the tensioner back to the dwelling position and allow it to sit there while y'all install the new chugalug on all the pulleys except the tensioner pulley.

Step iv

Rotate the tensioner counterclockwise, then install the belt onto the tensioner pulley. Slowly rotate the tensioner clockwise. Practise not let information technology snap dorsum or you volition damage the tensioner. Once the belt is tight, remove the breaker bar from the tensioner and out of the engine compartment.

Install the negative bombardment cablevision on the negative terminal of the battery, install the retaining bolt and tighten it with a wrench. Close the hood and bulldoze as you lot ordinarily would, rechecking the belt in a few days.

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