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Serpentine belt tension pulley wrench

 

Have to change my AC Compressor, where can I find a wrench to take the tension of the belt?
 

George
It would be helpful if we knew what Eurovan, year, model you have.
To get slack in the serpentine belt, you have to screw in a M8x1.25 inch (can be longer) bolt into the tensioner.
That's for 2001-2003 Eurovans. I think that's also the size bolt for 1997-2000's as well.
For earlier Eurovans, I don't know.
You can access the tensioner by looking on the left side, down behind the radiator.
If you need more room, remove screws, grill components and tilt the radiator forward holding
it in place with a block of wood.
There are videos that show how to do this.
Kent Kirkley
'97EVC

On Saturday, October 8, 2022, 6:41:39 PM CDT, George Parrino <geoverde@...> wrote:


Have to change my AC Compressor, where can I find a wrench to take the tension of the belt?

 

If you have a 95, this tool will do it.?
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David
1705.net
95 EVG(lamper)
Seattle, WA
 

A couple months back when I replaced the belts on my 1995 EVC, I used a prybar to release the tension on the top pulley to remove the serpentine belt. This is write up on TheSamba.com I posted on that work:

Included are links to YouTube videos of a prybar being used to remove the serpentine belt and some pictures as well. Had a tougher time installing the new serpentine belt than removing it.
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Ben Buja
SF, CA


On 10/08/2022 1:48 PM George Parrino <geoverde@...> wrote:


Have to change my AC Compressor, where can I find a wrench to take the tension of the belt?

 

On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 07:12 PM, Kent Kirkley wrote:
screw in a M8x1.25 inch (can be longer) bolt
On the AES/AXK engines, it's an M8 all thread bolt and needs to be at least 2 inches long.? I bought a bag of M8x75mm at Fastenal years ago and give them away as needed.? I originally bought 40mm length, but it was difficult to get a new belt on since it wasn't stretched at all.? You can also remove one of the bolts that hold the tensioner in place and use that.? Using that one saves you the trouble of finding the one that "you know you've got somewhere".
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Duane
05HD Rialta
220K Miles
 

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 03:11 AM, Duane wrote:
AES/AXK engines
 

Thanks all, will be ordering the wrench from Baumtools.

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