How do you install a drive belt on a 98 ford escort zx2?
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1 To replace a worn belt, locate the idler or generator
pulley.
2 Loosen the hold-down fastener for the idler or generator
pulley.
3 Pry the idler or generator pulley inward to release the
belt tension and remove the belt.
4 Match the old belt up for size with the new replacement
belt.
5 Observe the belt routing diagram in the engine
compartment.
6 Install the new belt over each of the drive pulleys. Often
the manufacturer recommends a sequence for feeding the belt around the pulleys.
7 Pry out the idler or generator pulley to put tension on
the belt.
8 Pry out the idler or generator pulley to put tension on
the belt.
9 Install the belt squarely in the grooves of each pulley.
10 Before adjusting belt tension, check for proper pulley
alignment. This is especially critical with serpentine belts. Measure the belt
deflection in its longest span. If a belt tension
gauge is available, use it and compare the tension to
specifications.
”If a belt is too tight, wear to bearings for the water pump, alternator,
and engine crankshaft can result.”
11 Pry the idler or generator pulley to adjust the belt to
specifications.
12 Tighten the idler or generator pulley fastener.
13 Start the engine and check the belt for proper operation.
If you look down at the belt area, you will see a pully toward the front of the car that looks like it's attached to an arm. That is the tensioner pully. The tensioner is spring loaded. If you look at the arm of the tensioner there should be a square hole in it to insert a socket wrench or a breaker bar/pull handle to use as a lever to remove the tension from the belt. If there is no hle, then use a wrench(possibly 15mm) on the bolt head of the pully itself as your lever. As you hold the tensioner out of the way, unloop the old belt. Pay attention to the routing, so you can reinstall the new one correctly. Then, you route the new one in and again use your lever to move the tensioner so you can get the belt over the last pully. I usually put it over the alternator last. Use a light to make sure the belt is fully on all 5 grooves of every single pulley before you start the car.
Also some information you can get here
http://www.autozone.com
Just ad your car, go to repair guide-engine electrical-charging system-alternator
Serpentine belt diagram should be here
http://www.daycoproducts.com/daycoweb.nsf/DaycoSerpentineBeltGuide.pdf
Good Luck
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