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Come along as I show you how to replace a drive belt ( Stretch belt)on this 2010 Mazda 3. Replacing the stretch fan belt and the alternator belt can be fun to say the least but this trick will work with no special tools.
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Nice. Thanks for the zip-tie tip!
Great video. Thanks!
Good video. All I have to add is depending on what zip ties your are using put 2 or 3 on and like the guy says, make sure you keep the belt going on as it should when you do your stretch belt. Was a piece of cake for me. Been doing car work since I was a kid, these kind of tricks are always helpful to learn.
What is the pulley call on the bottom?
Hi there, cheers for the video, i was wondering why the stretch belt is connected to the crank pully? I was under the impression that the cams and the crank had to be synchronized.
I understand the stretch belt runs the ac compressor. Is the timing chain/belt driving the crank, which also allows the ac compressor to run off of that with the pully?? And if so, why not simply have the serpentine run over the ac compressor pully aswell ?
Sorry for the long question
Kind regards
Hi Jim, thanks for the video!
What size is the socket for crankshaft?
Does the car has to be in Neutral.
Thank you
My husband is having a hard time putting this on. Would it be okay
Was this a 2.0L or 2.5L? Any difference?
Zip ties worked AWESOME!!! thanks pal
dude, its 2019 when you uploaded it, its a really good content but not really clear nor even watchable with this quality
Thanks for the awesome video. This is exactly what I needed to do my belt on the car instead of paying $120 labor at my local mazda dealer.
JIm I have a Mazda 3 hatchback and the pully does not have that much give as you noted. I can't get the serpentine belt on. do yo have recommendations?
hey Jim great video . my 2009 mazda 3 started making kind of a loud screeching noise when I first start it up. pretty sure the noise is coming from one of my belts . does that mean it needs to be replaced? or maybe lubricated
@jimthecarguy how many belts do it take
When installing the stretch belt is the car in neutral when you turn the pulley
i assume that the reason for stretch belts is to save build costs and force more people to go to dealers pay an outrageous labor rate
Kind of a tight area to work in Jim but someone had to do it. 🙂
Thumbs up Jim!
That belt change was a pain in the rear and you probably hate to see any Mazda's come in for a belt change due to the difficulty in changing them.
I own every stretch belt tool known to man, but I use the zip tie method instead. For me, it's faster than farting around with the tool.
Only stretch belt I use is the one I wear at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner! Good job Jim. Thanks for all your videos!
cars are getting more and more difficult to work on.wish i still had my very first car a sweet 1966- plymouth fury.
I think you should be careful with the zip tie method: on my Mazda 5 2008, the zip tie wraps around both belts, so it should be used with the serpentine belt still loose, otherwise the serpentine belt will form an obstacle that will snap the zip tie and potentially nick one of the two belts. I am almost sure that's the reason why my AC belt got shredded a month after I installed it this way.
The tool on the other hand stays on the outer pulley so it doesn't intefere with the serpentine belt. With the tool, you can install either belt first, but my preference is to always put the AC stretch belt first and then the serpentine belt. And they're both a pain (the serpentine because of the tensioner that forces your ratchet against the radiator once you remove the old belt, making it very difficult to free your tool, and for the reason Jim describes when putting the new belt on)