Serp. belt replacement

[dn3187]

Is the serp. belt a hard job to do? Took a look and alot of routing around the different pulleys. Any guess as to how long it will take? Have to remove any hardware? Special tools?
Thanks..

[midieselguy]

EZ a crow bar against the tension pulley gets the old one off, re-loop the new one around everything except the pulley to one side of the tension. Then use the crow-bar again and slip over the last pulley. I think it took me 15 minutes to do the job.

[ob_1jr]

yeah it is easy...just pay attention when taking it off and the routing makes sense. a long breaker bar for the tensioner is a help...or breaker bar with cheater. That is what took me the longest ... getting the belt back on the tensioner because i had to jerry rig some tools to make it work..didnt have a crow bar.

[Fastmax 58]

i wouldn't suggest using a pry bar when there is place in the tensioner to put a 1/2 inch drive breaker bar or rachet to take the pull the tensoner back. I didnt have a problem took me about 5 minutes. I would suggest using a gm belt i put a gates on mine and it squeaked and started to come apart in like 15,000 miles.

[duramaxchris06]

others may differ, but i suggest using a goodyear gatorback