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Changed the tensioner pulley on my 2005 Suzuki Forenza and I got the Serpentine belt back on but I cannot get it to tighten. I already replaced the pulley once thinking the one I got May have been bad, also double checked that I have the right belt. Can you give me directions, or a diagram or both on what I should do. I really need your help!

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  • montehammons Oct 30, 2013

    The tensioner pulley may need a good deal of force to rotate forward enough to slip the belt around the pulley. The diagram shows a 1/2 inch breaker bar and socket on the tens. pulley bolt. I hope you have something similar stout, but cheater bars on an appropriate size box end wrench will work, too. The tensioner pulley is only rotated a small amount to move it. Nice site there at 2car pros, lots of videos, descriptions, all kinds of self help material for auto buffs, car nuts-lol.

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hey there,that car might have a self tensioner pulley,,meaning you find the right bolt and when you turn it one way or another the belt will become loose itself some cars employ that method,,,,

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Anonymous

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That's easy, there are some pulleys with ridges to grip the underside of the belt, and some are smooth for the top side of the belt.
I can only assume your belt broke and fell off so you couldn't see how it was on prior. But either way you have limited length, and the last place you would be routing the belt is the tensioner, which you should have located first, so you can have a wrench handy to fit it.

Here's what you have:
Top left= alternator (small ridged)
top right = power steering (large ridged)
Bottom right = AC compressor (large ridged)
Bottom middle = Crank Pulley (large ridged)
In middle next to Power steering = Tensioner (small shiny smooth)

Remove the air cleaner housing (two bolts)
Start on left top side and loop belt (clockwise) across the alternator to the power steering down to AC (also clockwise from right to left) then over to crank pulley (from bottom clockwise around to top of pulley) to tensioner (smooth, belt is backwards on it) which will go back up to the alternator.

At the top middle there should be a sensor protruding from the timing cover that the belt passes under as it connects between the alternator and the power steering. And you won't easily be able to fit anything besides a box-end wrench on the tensioner, so you may need some kind of extension on the wrench to get good torque on it without hurting yourself.


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If it is on the end of the tension arm, it is an idler pulley. All others turn something like the alternator, water pump, etc.. Remove the belt again and spin each pulley by hand (except the crankshaft pulley) while listening for squeal or rough turning. Go to Autozone or similar parts store which can supply the part as well as identify it by description. Hope this helps!

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