Serpentine Belt Replacement Acura TL 2004-2008
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2016
- Today on 2CarPros we show you how to replace the serpentine belt on a Acura TL between the years of 2004-2008. Doing this repair at home saves you money and over the course of the life of your vehicle could add up to thousands!
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A tip after just finishing my 2007 TL... If you find that the belt slips off pulley X while you are trying to get it onto pulley Y, use a bungee cord (with large hooks) to hold some mild tension on the belt while threading it.
My 2004 TL spent it's first 12 winters in Chicago salty slush. The belt on my car failed because the alternator bearings froze. So the worst part of this job for me was also replacing the alternator. After the bolts were removed the alternator would not budge from between the two lugs that hold it in place at the bottom. It would rock back and forth about 15 degrees and that was it. It took quite a while to work it out, and more effort than this 76 year old could easily expend. Every bolt was a chore. The most difficult was the one at the bottom of the tensioner. It was difficult to reach and to get a socket on. The great fear was rounding off the bolt head.
Removing the passenger front wheel and lifting the splash guard out of the way made this bolt sooooo much easier to remove, including the time it took to remove the wheel.
As others have suggested, definitely replace the tensioner if you're replacing the belt. The complete kit from Rock Auto was around $65.
Great work though! Thanks for watching Bob!
I feel your pain. Every bolt on my moms 2007 tl is a chore & impossible to come off as well as very hard to reach. Opposite case w/ my c207 chassis Mercedes where everything is designed to be serviced, so there's always working room & I haven't dealt with a fussy bolt yet
I thank you for this video! I have an 06 and absolutely delighted with the car. The transmission was rebuilt. Overall a 4.5/5.
Great to hear!
Super helpful, thank you so much. I'll be giving this a try on my '04 TL.
The music helped me do this right
Super helpful…took me about an hr to replace mine!
Really helpful i did it. I only used a 14 mm wrench and a wood stick to put the belt back in place
Thank you so much for watching!
victor garcia was wondering did you use a box end wrench or a socket wrench which would be better. Thank you.
Thank you so much! This video was super helpful
Thank you
What are the Torque specs for both pulleys on the assembly??
Thank you very much
You are welcome!
yup thx for vid!!!
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Hey for my 06 TL, the belt doesn’t stay in the center of the Belt Tensioner when i turn on the car and then off, the belt goes almost out of the belt tensioner. Any idea what could be?
You really should replace the idler/tensioner pulleys while you're at it. The bearings usually don't last too much longer than the belt itself, and if a bearing goes out you'll be replacing the belt again on the side of the road.
I got a boo boo 😢😢
This helped a lot. Greatly appreciated 👍👍👍👍👍
Sorry! But that's a small price to pay to not get taken advantaged of at a shop.
Good work! Thank you so much for watching!
2CarPros Haha, you got that right. You man up while gaining experience while doing it yourself. That's a win-win. I subscribed, by the way
Thanks for the sub!
Glad I convinced a dealer to do timing belt and valve adjustment, prior to buying a car from him.
Дядя Федя yes, sir.
Дядя Федя this is neither
Are bando good belts?
What size metric wrench is used to release tension on the tensioner ? Thank you
Steven Rockafellow 14mm
how tight do you have to tighten the belt to ? any required torque specs ? or can i just tighten till it feels tight and snug ?
There really isn't a torque spec. Tight and snug is good. Thanks for watching!
2CarPros thanks alot !
i have an issue when i keep having to replace my
belt because it ends up squealing a lot and shortly after a brand new belt . Any tips on what it could be ? i’ve gone thru 4 belts over 1 year and i repaired my pulley system but it still doesn’t seem to do anything
having similar problems, it could be your power steering pump which is the highest positioned pulley
what would cause the belt to align at the outer edge of the tension pulley and squeal at low RPM?
SC CRXER in sever cases pulleys tend to swivel causing minor side to side belt movenet causing squeal at low rpm , but make sure belt is alignt properly in all slots
Do the alternator have to be loose to put the belt on?
Nope, because this is a serpentine belt system and you just need to relief the tensioner. Thanks for watching!
how much tension do you apply?
On the belt tensioner to relieve tension to get the belt off? Quite a bit, I used my arm muscles instead of my wrist like I usually do to take bolts off.
Is that the oem belt or Is it the gates belt?
OEM I believe. It was a while ago. Thanks for watching!
You better remove the power steering oil reservoir off to easy your job!
Can you use a standard socket tool or do you need a special wrench?
Regular metric socket or wrench will work great! Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you !!
This is not an easy job. If someone says so, then they must know tricks that I don't. On my 2008 TL, I ended up jacking up the front passenger side, removing the wheel, removing the splash guard to gain access to the crankshaft pulley and route the belt around it. I could not reach down from the top to get to it. Even then, it's a pain to get the belt on all of the pulleys at once. Perhaps it's a 2 person job just to have someone to hold the belt or hold the tensioner.
you made it hard for yourself its really simple bro
Just did mine today. Took about 3 hours but I didn’t see this vid till now. Hardest part was getting the belt back on I’d say
I never done it before. Do you think removing the front bumper could also help in a way too? Sorry if that sounds dumb lol.. also because I don't mind taking it off because I have done it comfortably so many times now (removing front bumper).