Sounds good. Thats what I will do. I puched down on the belts and then measured to what I tought felt like 22lbs hahaha

Thanks a lot

Chris

 

I tried that too. It turns out I was nowhere near the 22lbs of pressure required. Let me know how that works out for you.

 

The thought was to try and not mar the frame rails but your suggestion is noted. Better to not have the car slip and kill you I suppose

 

Well I finally decided to try this... was easy. Thanks for the guide it helped.

I just drove up onto ramps which was enough clearance for me.

I don't have a torque wrench so I have no idea how tight I made the pully's but hopefully its enough and not too much. Whats the worse that can happen, it snaps and then boom there goes my AC and/or power steering and generator. Hopefully will be fine...

Thanks for the guide again...

 

Thanks for the guide. It definitely helped. The bolts on those pulleys are definitely tight. You need a good torque wrench to get those things off.

 

nice write up great pics

 

Thanks a lot I don't think you should be breaking bolts loose with a torque wrench though. Use a breaker bar or a ratchet with a pipe extension for the handle.

 

Bump for a great write up. Time it took me: 35 minutes.

 

is this same process able to be done to put on a lightweight UR pulley?

 

Thanks for the detailed write up ,felt good to take a wrench to the car and save some cash.

 

My mechanic charged me just $2O.OO for installing both belts in my better
half's Pathfinder. I plan to do the same with my "Zee". No problemo!

 

funny i was just thinking about replacing my belts when i hit 60k miles, Thx for the great write up!

 

Thanks. I need to change my belts soon.

 

Subscribed.

 

How do you know when the belts need change? If there is no cracking/fraying/etc on the belt im guessing they are fine?

 

Great post!

 

Personally I go by a every 30k or 2 yr rule. Mine had less than 10k on it when the first belt decided to trash itself....granted it was 5yrs old....so its one of those, do it before you see issues. I call it preventative maintenance.

 

Anyone have a source for the Kent-Moore belt tension/deflector gauge (kent-Moore Tool " BT3373-F indicated in the Nissan 350Z Service Manual)?

 

Nope, I use the ol faithful thumb-o-meter.

 

I don't know about you, but my calibration was way off.

See my above posts to see how I remedied that.