3.3L BELT TENSIONER REPLACEMENT | HOW TO HYUNDAI KIA SONATA SANTA FE

[@Sagemeister007]

Thank you for this helpful video!

[@DrDemp]

@Sagemeister007 glad it helped!

[@marcosmata4625]

The best video on KZbin on how to do this job! Thank you buddy

[@DrDemp]

Glad it helped! Now if I only had a dollar from every person it helped I could quit my day job 🤣

[@loveyourself3208]

Finally a video that gets right to it. Very well done, Thank you for the help. Last thing to do...I subscribed

[@DrDemp]

Thanks for the sub!

[@jonpennington4591]

Great video! One tip though if you do more vids is to get better lighting. I understand you are on the street however with all the portable LED lights out there you should be able to find a good one. Ok, I'm off to wrangle my tensioner and belt, it should be much easier now with your expert instructions! Thanks!

[@DrDemp]

Thank you for your suggestion, proper lighting and camera angles are always a battle to give you guys (the viewer) the clearest possible view while allowing me still room to work is quite difficult. I've since invested in some lights I've used in my newer videos. Good luck with your belt, hopefully everything went smoothly for you. Thanks for supporting my channel!

[@williamkennard4663]

I’ve been trying to figure out how to reach the detentioner bolt lol, I’ve been trying todo it from the top of the car. This makes so much more sense, I’m doing a water pump on my 07 v6 3.3 sonata almost the same set up, but same engines. I never thought of going from the wheel hub

[@DrDemp]

Glad I could help, thanks for supporting my channel!

[@okam8662]

great job, especially in the street! Wondering if there is any usefulness in placing front end on jack-stands to then be able to turn the rotor assembly all the way right (or left) to gain better access breaking that 17mm bolt? BTW, do you know if on this 3.3l when replacing the alternator you must drop the AC compressor out of the way 1st to gain access to the alternator?

[@DrDemp]

Glad I could help!!

[@DrDemp]

In my opinion ideally one should have an electric impact (or air with a small compressor) if your going to do roadside repairs like these. Milwalkee makes one with over 1000ft pounds which would be perfect! The second question im unsure if you have to drop the subframe, most cars you can sneak it out but its a tight fit through the bottom. Thanks for supporting my channel.

[@samanthafranklyput]

Super helpful! Thank you 👍🏼

[@DrDemp]

Your very welcome! Thanks for supporting my channel ❤

[@TwoHemiViewer]

On the 2.7 Litre V6 is the pulley on the tensioner a left hand thread ???

[@MikeBrown-td1ok]

Great video! Thanks!

[@DrDemp]

Very welcome!

[@andrjam]

Why did you decide to replace and not just tension more? How do i know it needs replacing

[@TheGryzor]

Great vid, keep on recording. On the note, its HARD TO FIND!!! I looked up the obvious "3.3L serpentine belt replacement" and there is nothing. More tags, sir!

[@epicsans2037]

So what do I do if the nut on the tensioner is broke so I can release the tension?

[@DrDemp]

Your replacing the belt and tensioner?

[@epicsans2037]

@@DrDempjust the tensioner

[@epicsans2037]

The whole unit piece

[@DrDemp]

@@epicsans2037 belt may have to be cut off to release tension with tin snips. Use extreme caution.

[@bigj6053]

THNX DOC!

[@DrDemp]

Always welcome J!!

[@clementhunte6481]

Did I mess up the tensioner it was tuff at first to crank then it got real loose and now its not even tightening anymore

[@clementhunte6481]

The top 12 mm bolt

[@DrDemp]

Taking it off or putting it back on?

[@lamole6308]

You give it to tighten on impact and then to loosen and luck.

[@josh0g]

This is a pretty straight forward swap, and I'm frustrated with mine. The new tensioner doesn't alighn the same way as the old one, and the belt walks off. There's not multiple ways to put this on. It's just some engineer got creative thinking they could megamind some new way to make this better, and he should have stuck to the script. Be careful about your aftermarket parts I guess.

[@DrDemp]

Definitely! All aftermarket parts are not created equally!

[@thehegt]

the tensioner $45 you may need to replace the pulley too $25 the belt need to replace too $30 when you doing this job , do not be cheap , very nice video though .

[@DrDemp]

Not sure where your getting parts that cheap a quality tensioner as shown in the video "Gates brand" cost $170 dollars and the belt was $30 dollars. The pully comes brand new with the tensioner. Thanks for supporting my channel.

[@thehegt]

@@DrDemp even the genuine just for $60 on eBay Bizautopart

[@DrDemp]

@@thehegt Lots of scams and knock off OEM parts are on eBay claiming to be real parts. The OEM part from a legitimate Hyundai Dealership is $260 dollars. I'd rather do the job once than have to redo it from a knockoff part failing. Gates is a trusted brand. From a local parts store.

[@thehegt]

@@DrDemp you right but if you know where to get the same part for cheap why pay the dealer they overpriced a lot of part Bizautopart selling Kia and Hyundai parts with 100% feedback with 17K buyer

[@matthewcampanile6193]

ASE Certified and didn’t use a torque wrench 🫣🤔

[@DrDemp]

Sure did, The wheel was torqued.