serpentine belt?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Anyone replaced one on a V8 lately?
this ones done 135K and is missing V bits,,:angel:
any tricks?
Prices are resonable,, 35-45,,
anything else I should change while I'm there?

[Riceburner]

Done mine last night. Get two 6203 sealed bearings and one 6302. Change the pulley bearings while your at it. Pretty straight forward. One 15mm spanner and one 13mm. 15mm with a pipe for leverage to move tensioner.

[Travis]

i did mine on the side of the road in tom price last week, although not by choice it is easy to do the idler pulley is exactly the same as a vn commodore idler. the belt is a 7pk-2322 but i have a caterpiller belt on mine atm

[Pedro_The_Swift]

hmm,, I was told it was a 7pk 2250,,

anyone else?

[Travis]

i just squeezed a 2175 on my car to get it home and we had to unbolt the altenator fit belt and then put alt back on because the be was so tight only 5mm on the tensioner

[Travis]

just did a dayco part look up

Mar 1999 - Jan 2002, 4.0L, V8, 16V, OHV, MPFI, EngCode: 55D
Part number
Application
7PK2238 (http://www.dayco.com.au/PartInfo.aspx?P=7PK2238)
Belt Multi Acc
APV1014 (http://www.dayco.com.au/PartInfo.aspx?P=APV1014)
Automatic belt tensioner
89054 (http://www.dayco.com.au/PartInfo.aspx?P=89054)
Tensioner pulley

[justinc]

LR part number ERR 6896, V8 ACE and A/C., and yes it is a 7PK 2238.

JC

[Pedro_The_Swift]

um,, yes and no Justin:p

it IS a ERR6896,, (that Toowoomba LR actually stock:eek:)

but the Gates number is 7PK2703( off the incumbent)

thats a BIT bigger,,,:eek:



and what a squirrelly buggar it is!!:blink:

PICS to come,,(oh the shame,,)


and thats pretty much its condition around the entire belt,,,
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/09/359.jpg

I think theres a lesson in here for all of us:angel:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

more stuff,,
The idlers are NOT rebuildable,,
the plastic pulley is moulded around the bearing,,

and you wouldnt want to anyway,, the plastic runner surface has deformed/worn to show the ribs underneath,,

all the other pulleys sound/spin/seem fine,,


it runs VERY quiet without anything else turning:eek::cool:


correct belt arrives tomorrow,, along with a pulley from Karcraft.

[Riceburner]

Whats the part number for the belt without ACE?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

well, its all good:D
this belt is longer than Inc's new driveway--:twisted:
pulley was a much heavier metal affair,, which was a concern,,
also it was flat, ie no running lip, which also was a concern as the old one has a rather large lip,,

After a quick conflab with my Technical Expert (Hi Justin!:p) it seems the lip is just how much the old pulley was worn--- D'oh!:D