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midnightS07
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Looking for free online advice about car repairs?
More often than not, the sites offered to you when you search for an answer in google or yahoo are either pay-sites, or complete gimmicks. These people are trying to get something for nothing, often times asking for up to $20 for a single answer from mechanics that have less than 5 years of experience.
I have been a mechanic for 35 years, and it took me 5 hours to figure out how to change the serpentine belt on my '98 Buick LeSabre, and the information that I offer here now is given freely, to aid others who may have had the same problems as I have.
That being said, here is how you do it.
1: Release tensioner and take the belt off, as much as you can.
2: Right front wheel well, release the clips holding the plastic guard, and pull the guard out of your way to get access to the lower motor mount bolt.
3: The bolt you need to take out is located between the crank shaft pulley and the air conditioner pulley. Use a 7/8 socket, and take that out, along with the spacer. Now you can get the belt off between where the spacer was and the pulleys. Fish the belt through that open slot in the bottom of the engine.
Hope this helps.
More often than not, the sites offered to you when you search for an answer in google or yahoo are either pay-sites, or complete gimmicks. These people are trying to get something for nothing, often times asking for up to $20 for a single answer from mechanics that have less than 5 years of experience.
I have been a mechanic for 35 years, and it took me 5 hours to figure out how to change the serpentine belt on my '98 Buick LeSabre, and the information that I offer here now is given freely, to aid others who may have had the same problems as I have.
That being said, here is how you do it.
1: Release tensioner and take the belt off, as much as you can.
2: Right front wheel well, release the clips holding the plastic guard, and pull the guard out of your way to get access to the lower motor mount bolt.
3: The bolt you need to take out is located between the crank shaft pulley and the air conditioner pulley. Use a 7/8 socket, and take that out, along with the spacer. Now you can get the belt off between where the spacer was and the pulleys. Fish the belt through that open slot in the bottom of the engine.
Hope this helps.