After installing the belt, turn the ignition key just a little bit to turn the engine. This will make sure that the belt is aligned properly on the pulleys. Do not start the car. Check the belt again to make sure it looks good and then you're OK to start the car.
@edsmith3948 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! This video gave me exactly what I needed, I was afraid to really crank on what I thought was the tensioner. Turns out I was on the right one, but I felt a lot better about it having seen your video. Also knowing which pulley to do last was super helpful.
@JM-AUTO Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! and thanks for watching, very much appreciated.
@midniight Жыл бұрын
mine cracked off smh
@noahbarnette817811 ай бұрын
@@midniightI’m on my second tensioner😩 I’m about ready to just get a new car😂
@ewoknroll Жыл бұрын
Great video. I changed my alternator today, successfully, butI gave up at the very end trying to get the belt back over the edge of the alternator pully. Makes way more sense to use the other one like you did here, so I'll try that out tomorrow. The tensioner on this camry barely moves, it's very difficult to work with. Thanks for the video
@JM-AUTO Жыл бұрын
That is why I don't use the tensioner too much because these tensioners don't let the belt go that. Easily., Thanks for sharing.
@wheelhorseman23069 ай бұрын
Thank you. I appreciated the bungee cord at the start; that really saved me some frustration. And of course you were right about the smooth side pulley being the easier way to install the belt under tension- that worked great for me. Thanks!
@JM-AUTO9 ай бұрын
Glad it worked great for you, thank you
@M3pul6 ай бұрын
Yeah, tried with a lot of swearing a few months ago to get the belt off the alternator pulley as opposed to that nice smooth one lol
@seanl7644 ай бұрын
@@M3pul
@M3pul4 ай бұрын
@@seanl764 ?
@bcchristopher6886 ай бұрын
Such a great video. Hardest part was getting those retainer wires off the bulb. Found turning that cover off to be easier when I used the connector as part of the place for my thumb to grab for leverage. I only had to do the passenger bulb. Sounds like the driver side is more difficult. Thanks again.
@Duaber4208 ай бұрын
Bought a brand new belt and I struggled getting it on the idler pulley. One tip that helped out tremendously is to remove the lower bolt on the alternator and loosen the top alternator bolt with a wrench. Helped me get just enough slack to get it seated on the idler pulley.
@JM-AUTO8 ай бұрын
great job my Friend love it
@alexbelle39414 ай бұрын
As an owner of an 04’ Camry 2.4 from personal experience when levering the tension pulley go easy and smooth, don’t use too much force too quickly. That bolt head is cast aluminum and can snap off… Trust me.
@JM-AUTO4 ай бұрын
I trust you, I have a lot of experience with Toyota vehicles and that is how I know it too, thanks for sharing.
@chuckque62344 ай бұрын
Yep. My nut head was stripped. Had to take to the shop for new tensioner pulley
@enesali1770Ай бұрын
Just experienced that… on a new tensioner assembly ………
@juvensp9047 Жыл бұрын
I did it in a hour , The video made it easy
@JM-AUTO Жыл бұрын
thanks again for your time on this channel.
@coryshook76487 ай бұрын
Outstanding camera work sir! Great job! Thanks for doing this. It helped a lot!
@JM-AUTO7 ай бұрын
Glad it helped! thanks
@cburgess513 Жыл бұрын
Did you take off the top passenger motor mount to get to the 19mm bolt on the tensioner?
@JM-AUTO Жыл бұрын
yes I did, you dont have to but it is much easier especially with these tensioners that hardly can move, n it takes about 3 minutes to remove the engine mount, hope this helps, thanks for watching this video.
@midnightfoxx549112 күн бұрын
How much would this cost? Mine just got this problem, but I also need one of those new knows that the belt is being put on.
@skull23338 күн бұрын
Hello everyone just looking for some advice! I just replaced the belt tensioner and belt but now my power steering is a bit rough. Any ideas? No noises. Power steering fluid is full. No issues before replacing belt tensioner and belt..
@JM-AUTO8 күн бұрын
possible solution: lift up the front of vehicle evenly turn it on and start turning the steering wheel to left n right as many times as you can n see if that helps, why this happens, on these vehicles: if psp is old, when the belt lets the pully free some internal components move about the thickness of a finger nail or in some cases even more than that, and that is enough for the psp to fail or either not to be the same never ever again after you install the belt back on it, this is caused by the hydrailic tensioner, really hard tensiners to pull(stiff, not a bit flexible at all) some people have to replace the psp after replacing the belt, wondering why this happended.
@jesusvelazquez76304 ай бұрын
Tengo pregunta si no puedo mover la banda on the alternator pulley se la pongo a la pulley del alternator primero y luego la de abajo ?
@JM-AUTO4 ай бұрын
asi mismo Amigo para q se le aga mas facil
@maddogmicknyatv3 ай бұрын
Thanks saved me a lot of time , great video
@JM-AUTO3 ай бұрын
Glad it helped thanks for sharing
@bravobravoh13449 ай бұрын
I do not like front wheel drive sideways sitting engines for precisely this reason, the basic maintenance is difficult. It's a shame that this is the setup for the majority of cars made today.
@JM-AUTO9 ай бұрын
thanks for sharing
@Chea562Sakhal8 ай бұрын
Do we need a laser belt aligment tool to do this job? What is your take on that? Thats the only thing that's stopping me from. Doing it.
@JM-AUTO8 ай бұрын
if all pulleys are aligned you don't need any thing else
@wildfirephoenix22623 ай бұрын
What year is your Camry and is it the SE? I ask this cause I know someone who just had their ac belt in the 2005 Camry SE actively shred while driving
@JM-AUTO3 ай бұрын
02 Camry 2.4, thanks for sharing
@chuckque62347 ай бұрын
What if the tensioner bolt 19mm is stripped. How would you try to get belt back on?
@JM-AUTO7 ай бұрын
I love these questions, here are 2 different links on how to remove it diffrent cars: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHiZd36BpdVoh80
@JM-AUTO7 ай бұрын
kzbin.infooK4NOWDIoO4?feature=share
@chels6197 Жыл бұрын
This was so helpful, thank you!!
@JM-AUTO Жыл бұрын
thank you very appreciated.
@ismy4711 ай бұрын
Any suggestions on how to do it without that 19mm bolt? I bought my toyota a few years ago and i was trying to change the alternator. But i noticed the bolt was broken to loosen the tension
@JM-AUTO11 ай бұрын
yes just watch this short: kzbin.infooK4NOWDIoO4?feature=share
@JM-AUTO11 ай бұрын
you also can watch this toyota rav4 alternator replacement, see how I took out the belt: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHiZd36BpdVoh80