Any tricks to speed up the process?


I've never done it on this particular motor, but its usually a 20 minute job if everything goes wrong from experience on other motors


I'm gonna do mine this sunday.... any tricks to make it smoother?

 

20 minute job if everything goes wrong?

I wish I could change all of the belts on my 22RE in 20 minutes- the alternator always gives me fits.

 

its so easy doing the belts if you dont have a/c. looks like last owner got rid of the system . i just use a stick to tighten the belts and i hold it at the same spot to tighten the bolts.

 

Most of the newer cars im used to doing them on.... its just one big ol' belt.


maybe im spoiled and will actually have to put some time in effort into this one.

 

to quote guns n roses, from "welcome to the jungle"
"...my... my... my serpentine...."

 

its even easier without a flywheel....

but ya, i have the world record in changing belts...

3 1/2 minutes

then again, i was missing the entire front of my car when i did this

 

i hear removing the fan helps, i havent looked in to it that much but i want to do that when i change mine soon.

 

flywheel is in the rear...

 

last time i checked, its nearly impossible to change them without moving the fan

 

Its actually quite easy to do it with the fan on

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! THAT IS SO FUNNY! omg! my girlfriend is looking at me strange cuz i just cracked up laughing for like 5 minutes! haha best joke EVER!

my buddy has the 3.0 and he always struggles with the power steering belt.. wait.. maybe it was the A/C belt.. well.. one of those two is the tricky one.


haha..my serpentine.. lol..

 

I changed my belts a month ago. No need to remove the fan at all. I took off the upper portion of the fan shroud & not even sure if I needed to do that. You will need to loosen the alternator bolts , power steering pump bolts & the A/C belt will come loose with the idler pulley on the bottom. It's actually very easy but looks like it would be a PITA! The belt will slip right over the fan.

Good luck

 

You beat me to it.

 

on the 3VZE?

 

I did I was talking about a 22re though...I have no idea about a 3.0L...Xzyragon was talking about a 22re so I was replying to him

You don't have to loosen the PS pump..theres an idler/tension pulley on that system (22re)...

 

fine, i admit that i was wrong
my apologies

its probably even easier on mine, i dont have AC or PS

 

i thought you might be talking about the 3vze, and was getting confused. i just wanted to clear that up

 

by the way what part of Alaska are you from. my girlfriend is from there and we are going up there this summer. are there any trails or anything for my stock toyota pickup around the Anchorage area?

 

I did the belts on my truck a few months ago. its a '92 3vz v6 w/o A/c

the belts slide over the fan without removing anything at all.

loosen up the alternator and the power steering pump and remove and replace. it helps to have a friend that can hold the tension on the alternator and ps pump while you tighten up the bolts, so you get good tension on the belt.

I had both changed in 10 mins.

 

yes the 3VZE V-6. It looks tougher than it is. You can do it!