Loose serpentine belt. how do i tighten it? - 2005 Chevrolet Aveo

Tighten your serpentine belt.

I bet the belt is also cracked and should be replaced before it fails most cars have a tension bolt you tighten to tighten the belt, and when removing the belt simply loosen slide the old off stay aware of routing and then slip the new on tighten to specs

The belt has an automatic tensioner pulley and no other adjustment is needed or provided for. If the belt is to loose you either have the wrong belt installed or the automatic tensioner is defective.

It has an automatic spring loaded tensioner.If it is loose either the belt has stretched beyond its reach or tensioner is bad.

if your car has a serpentine belt,which is 1 belt that controls everything,then there is no adjustment.if your belt is loose,then you will need to replace your belt tensioner in order for your belt to tighten.another reason could be that it is time to replace your serpentine belt.hope this info helps.take care and good luck, manny

You either have the wrong belt, or it's not on correctly. Make sure all of the pulleys are secure. (Like the power steering pump support bracket isn't loose) The diagram for the belt is usually under the hood.

2004 SUZUKI FORENZA - L4 2.0L 2000cc GAS FI N

Adjustment
The belt is automatically adjusted by the auto tensioner.


Drive Belt Routings



Fig. Accessory drive belt routing-2.0L engine



Removal & Installation

1. Remove the air filter housing assembly bolts and the air intake tube.
2. Remove the air filter housing assembly from the vehicle.
3. Use a wrench to turn the tensioner bolt clockwise, compressing the tensioner, and releasing the tension on the serpentine accessory drive belt.
4. Remove the serpentine accessory drive belt.

To install:

1. Use a wrench to turn the tensioner bolt clockwise, compressing the tensioner, and releasing the tension on the serpentine accessory drive belt.
2. With the wrench in place on the tensioner bolt, loop the serpentine accessory drive belt loosely over the pulleys.
3. Slip the belt over the tensioner.
4. Remove the wrench from the tensioner bolt and the belt will tighten itself.
5. Install the air filter housing assembly into the vehicle.
6. Install the air intake tube and the air filter housing assembly bolts.
7. Tighten the air filter housing assembly bolts to 53 inch lbs. and nm

I really hope helped with this. remember rated this help. Good luck.

First pop the hood and find the serpentine and alternator belts on the left side of the engine compartment. The serpentine belt runs around four pulleys. The alternator belt uses two pulleys. They share space on the drive shaft so they are right next to each other.
Of the four pulleys using the serpentine belt, three of them are vertically in line (closer to the front of the car) and the fourth stands alone (closer to the cab). Of the three vertically in line, the middle pulley is the one used to adjust the tension on the belt.
You must first break loose the bolt in the center of the tension pulley (the bolt is facing the passenger tire) by turning it counter clockwise. Then leave that bolt and go to the bolt connected frame connected to the other side of the tension pulley (this bolt is facing the front of the car). Turn that bolt counter clockwise until the serpentine belt is loose enough to pull off. Replace the belt and tighten in the opposite order. Once the desired tension is reached, crank the car and run it for a few minutes. Finally cut the car off and check the tension, tighten or loosen as neccessary.

The serpentine belt should not have to be tightened because ther is a tensioner to keep it taught. If it feels loose then you need to check the tensioner and also see if the belt stretched. I hope this helps.

if the belt is loose you might have the wrong belt installed on, or the serpentine belt tensioner must to be replaced, they adjust automatic, with spring loaded belt tensioner
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