Perfect!

 

I appreciate this great write-up! THANKS!

 

Perfec DIY, but how can I measure the tension i´m aplying to the belts?

 

exactly how much of this thread did you actually read? the very answer to that question starts on the first page.

 

Do you have to loosen the idler pulleys? Mine are retarded tight. Stripped a half inch craftsmen and I'm calling it a night for now.

 

Check this out to determine belt wear for non neoprene belts. Neoprene belts would have cracks and missing chunks.

http://www.gatesprograms.com/beltwear

Also for cheap belt tension gauge

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/rafr...4-91132-197212

 

why do u need to loosen every pullies nut? why not just the tensioners?

 

^^^maybe you should try it.... But I don't think from what I remember, that you can just loosen the tensioners without first loosening the pulley nuts you wouldn't be able to move the pulley up or down. The pulley nuts hold the position of the pulley in place once you have them set with the tensioners.

 

Just did this today, get writeup. The only thing I would add is to get it correctly tightened back I counted how many turns I loosened each pulley.
For those interested:
Loosed both pulleys by about a quarter turn.
Lowered AC pulley by about 8 turns.
Lowered Alt Pulley about 10 turns.

Hope that helps someone.

 

Nice write up, thanks for doing it, I was planning on doing this soon; I noticed mine had cracks in it while I was doing the oil change, suckiest part is dealing with the cover underneath, I'll get the parts this weekend oh and I get to finally fix those POS hatch struts, no more cuncussions for me!!woo hoo

 

Anyone know the specs on the ac-idler-pulley bolt? I need a new bolt because mine is stripped.

 

Did you try calling the Nissan dealer Parts Dept.?
They should know......I would call several dealers, they all have different pricing.

 

Took me a bit longer than I would have liked, a little over 2 hours. Had to remove the down pipe for the supercharger and the engine cover to get to the belts. Figured since all that was off, might as well recharge the air filter as well. But overall was a good write up. Everything came out good to go.

 

that was a hell of a lot easier than i thought

 

Where do you get these manuals?

 

Thanks for a great comprehensive tutorial!

I wasn't able to gauge the tension, I had to guestimate it, no squeeks or squeels after I was done, anyone knows what happens if you apply more than the recommended amount of tension on the belt? (Apart from the obvious, which would be the belt snapping, which didn't happen) just curious...

 

I thought I would try to save some people the trouble that I had. From October 2006 to November 2006 Nissan produced the VQ35DE that had a different pulley arrangement and belt routing than the other DE's.

Attached is the FSM figure with the pulley that my Z is missing crossed out.
The typical belt length for a DE is 1175mm, but since I am missing a pulley the belt I need is shorter. (Not sure what the correct measurement should be, waiting on to get the belt in.)

I discovered this problem after sheering off the adjuster bolt, driving around for a week with a squealing (i.e. embarrassing) belt, and way to much time spent on a simple project.

Hope this helps someone.

 

dothemath, thanks for putting this and the pics on here. I knocked it out today when I had the shroud off for an oil change. The hardest part was getting the nuts loose on the idler pulleys. After that it was smooth sailing.

 

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Supper easy DIY! took less than an hour.